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		<title>Electronic Voice &#8211; Drawing to an End</title>
		<link>http://www.nativitycatholicchurch.net/electronic_voice/2011/08/05/faithlife/electronic-voice-drawing-to-an-end/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank LaLonde</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the same time, we have found that Electronic Voice is a duplicate of our main website and divides the energy of our staff trying to write for two websites. We feel this is not effective stewardship regarding our time and talents and in this case two websites are not better than one. So we are beginning the process of integrating the two websites]]></description>
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		<title>Famine in the Horn of Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.nativitycatholicchurch.net/electronic_voice/2011/07/28/socialjustice/famine-in-the-horn-of-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy Schwinden</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Justice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Catholic Relief Services]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following letter from Ken Hackett, President of Catholic Relief Services, shares crucial information about the growing disaster in East Africa: You are probably starting to hear about a humanitarian crisis unfolding in East Africa, mostly affecting Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. Catholic Relief Services staff in the region report dreadful conditions. This just came in from a refugee camp in Kenya: They&#8217;ve walked for days or weeks from Somalia, and their shoes show it. Dusty and worn, the sandals of a little boy dangle in his hand as he wails in the center of the camp. Nearby, his exhausted 22-year-old mother, Momina, rocks her sobbing baby. &#8220;We had sheep, goats and cattle—over a dozen,” she says. &#8220;They all died from the drought&#8230;. Food was running out. So, we left.&#8221; These terrible conditions have sparked an exodus of refugees—mostly women and children—pouring into Kenya and Ethiopia in search of food. East Africa&#8217;s worst drought in more than half a century is causing extreme hunger for more than 11 million people. Severe lack of rainfall has resulted in failed crops, critical shortages in food and water, and countless numbers of livestock dying from dehydration and starvation. Further compounding the crisis are drastic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>14th Sunday &#8211; Cycle A – July 3, 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.nativitycatholicchurch.net/electronic_voice/2011/07/06/faithlife/14th-sunday-cycle-a-%e2%80%93-july-3-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr. Kevin Boucher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Faith Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anniversary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Armed Forces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baby Donkey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Existence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greatness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greek Word]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesus Our Savior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meekness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Messiah]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Obedience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Openness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perfect Balance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Romans]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zechariah 9:9-10; Romans 8:9,11-13; Matthew 11:25-30 This weekend we celebrate the 235th anniversary of our independence as a nation.  As nations go, we are relatively young historically.  Even so in the short 200+ years of our existence we have grown to be the most powerful nation on earth.  We have access to (and also consume) the vast majority of the natural resources of the world.  We have the most powerful armed forces of any nation in the world.  We have the greatest financial resources of any nation in the world.  By human standards, we are the greatest.  Because of this it is important for us to listen well to today’s readings that speak not of power and greatness but rather of meekness.  The prophet Zechariah gives us an image of the messiah riding on a baby donkey.  This is not a symbol of human power like a great warrior horse.  This symbolizes instead a savior who brings in the reign of peace.  And how are we to achieve that peace?  By following the way of Jesus, our Savior, who is “meek and humble of heart” (Matthew 11:29) Let’s look a little closer at the word meek.  Now some might consider [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loving the Land</title>
		<link>http://www.nativitycatholicchurch.net/electronic_voice/2011/06/27/socialjustice/loving-the-land/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy Schwinden</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Justice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beautiful World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue Sky]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I write this article, I&#8217;m enjoying a lovely North Dakota summer day. The sun is shining, the blue sky is dappled with whispy white clouds, and the gold and orange lillies are blooming outside my office window. It&#8217;s a good time to think about the simple things to do to care for this beautiful world God has provided for us. Here are a few suggestions from the World Wildlife Fund:   Put on a sweater, or take one off. Since the pendulum in N.D. seems to swing between furnace and air conditioning and rarely stops in between, this can help conserve energy.                                                                                  Walk the walk. Drive less, enjoy bicycling, or get to know your neighborhood better by strolling through it   Go for seconds &#8211; guilt free! How many items can be reused instead of thrown away? Padded envelopes, the plastic cell-packs from our seedlings, a plastic water bottle&#8230;   Watch your waste. Oil, paints, ink cartridges, batteries do have special disposal procedures.   Paper or plastic? No thanks! Bring your own bags along for shopping. Many have commented that bringing cloth bags to the grocery store has now become a habit.   Flip the switch. As we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feast of Corpus Christi &#8211; Cycle A – January 26, 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.nativitycatholicchurch.net/electronic_voice/2011/06/27/liturgy/homily/feast-of-corpus-christi-cycle-a-%e2%80%93-january-26-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr. Kevin Boucher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homily]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1 Corinthians 10]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abraham And Sarah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ancient Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beloved Son]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deuteronomy 8:2-3,14-16; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17; John 6:51-58[1] The Roman Catholic Church is the largest multi-cultural institution in the entire world.  We are virtually on every continent, in nearly every country.  On any given day the mass is celebrated in English, Latin, Italian, German, and Spanish, in Hindi, Swahili, Kirundi, the many different dialects of the Asian nations, and even, in some parts of the world in Arabic, the language of the people.  We are comprised of every race, color, and nationality.  And so today’s feast celebrates the unity of the Body of Christ as present in the worldwide Catholic human family.  And so it right and fitting to remember that it all began with a Jewish man and woman by the name of Abraham and Sarah.  Through their fidelity to God, they were given an only beloved Son in the person of Isaac.  As a test of faith they were to give this child back to God.  And because of Abraham’s fidelity God provided a ram, as a scapegoat which was offered in place of the life of Isaac. The foundations of our Eucharist began with another sacrifice in the great Passover event in ancient Egypt.  Once again innocent, unblemished [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trinity Sunday &#8211; Cycle A &#8211; June 19, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr. Kevin Boucher</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2 Corinthians 13]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affirmation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beginning Of Time]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Making The Sign Of The Cross]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exodus 24:2-6,8-9;  2 Corinthians 13:11-13;  John 3:16-18[1] In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; a gesture we Catholics do so frequently that we do not often even pay attention to its meaning.  Making the sign of the cross is an affirmation of our belief in a God of mystery, a God of three persons who exist in an eternal inseparable unity.  Making the sign of the cross is a prayer to that God of mystery.  When we don&#8217;t know what to say, when we don&#8217;t know how to pray, we can always simply make the sign of the cross, invoking God&#8217;s name to the situation.  This gesture in and of itself becomes our prayer. So Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, is the name by which we know our mysterious God.  Names are critical to our coming to know anyone.  We cannot begin to understand and appreciate who a person is, without at least knowing his/her name. The sole purpose for us to know another person&#8217;s name is that we might enter into some sort of relationship with them.  Without a name a person remains a stranger, and perhaps might even be considered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solemnity of Pentecost &#8211; Cycle A &#8211; June 12, 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.nativitycatholicchurch.net/electronic_voice/2011/06/13/liturgy/homily/solemnity-of-pentecost-cycle-a-june-12-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr. Kevin Boucher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homily]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acts Of The Apostles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agricultural Crops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ancient Palestine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barley Crop]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acts 2:1-11; 1 Corinthians12:3-7,12-13;  John 20:19-23 When Luke named the countries which we just heard in the account from the Acts of the Apostles it was kind of like reading a travelogue of the ancient world.  The countries named surrounded the Mediterranean Sea.  These were many of the very countries to which the apostles and Paul traveled to bring the message of Jesus Christ.  Devout Jews of all different races and tongues were gathered together that day in Jerusalem.  Why were they there?  First of all, they were all Jews, either by birth, or by conversion to Judaism.  There were three great Jewish festivals to which every male Jew within twenty miles of Jerusalem were obligated to attend – the Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles.  Jesus and the disciples were in Jerusalem for the Passover when he went through his passion, death and resurrection.  Fifty days later the disciples found themselves once again in Jerusalem for Pentecost. This feast was also called the Feast of Weeks because it fell on the fiftieth day, a week of weeks, after the Passover.  The Feast had two main significances.  The first significance was historical:  It commemorated the giving of the Law [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ascension of the Lord – Cycle A &#8211; June 3, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 01:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr. Kevin Boucher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homily]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[33 Years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Audience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Body Of Christ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eternity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Father And Son]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Distance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Heaven Earth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humanity Of Jesus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hundreds Of Thousands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[June 3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opportunity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acts 1:1-11; Ephesians; Matthew 28:16-20 After 33 years the circle is complete.  The Son of God, who came down from heaven taking on our humble human form, returns in triumph to be reunited with his Father. Father and Son are once again perfectly united in heaven, as they had been for all eternity, but now with one difference.  Our humanity, which had been separated from God because of sin, has now been reunited with God through the humanity of Jesus.  You could even say that earth now is united to heaven, as we the Church on earth, which is the Body of Christ, remain united with Jesus who is the head. But what is so important about our belief in the ascension?  Why did Jesus have to return to heaven?  I see three important answers to this question.  The first is that as long as Jesus lived on this earth, his works would be limited by our human condition.  God though he is, he was also fully human, and could function as God only within the limitations of his humanity. This means, that if he had not ascended to heaven he would still be living somewhere on earth today.  Now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6th Sunday of Easter &#8211; Cycle A – May 29,2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 01:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr. Kevin Boucher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acts 8:14-17; 1 Peter 3:15-18; John 14:15-21 Have you ever been given a gift too complicated for you to use?  Unless we read the instructions or someone takes time with us to explain how to use the gift, it may just stay in our closet for years in an unopened box. Unfortunately that is the very case with many Catholics who do not practice their faith. They have been given the gift of membership in the Catholic Church as infants. They know they are Catholics, but they don&#8217;t know what that means. Unless they take the initiative to read something about their faith, or unless someone takes the time to sit down and explain it to them, the gift of faith remains largely &#8220;unopened.&#8221; Kabir, a fifteenth-century poet in India, gives us a key to opening the gift of faith: &#8220;He understands who loves.&#8221;  This poet was saying that we can come to understand another person if we first love that person.  The same principle applies to our relationship with God.  If we truly want a relationship with God, we must first love God.  If we desire to love God, we begin asking ourselves why we should love God.  To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fifth Sunday of Easter – Cycle A – May 22, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 17:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr. Kevin Boucher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acts 6:1-7; 1 Peter 2:4-9; John 14:1-12 “Do not let your hearts be troubled” (John 14:1).  These words, spoken by our Lord at the Last Supper, were intended to bring courage, strength, and hope to the disciples.  They would have needed courage before the night was over and throughout the next day as they saw our Lord arrested and crucified.  Later, after the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, they would have found strength from these words in the hope of resurrection and the promise of the heaven to come.  This hope and promise was essential to their ability to boldly proclaim the gospel to others.  This hope and promise gave them the courage and strength to eventually die for their faith. We know the story of Christ’s life, passion, death and resurrection.  The story is planted deeply into our hearts and minds.  And if we truly believe in Christ, then we know without a doubt that there is a heaven for those who do His will and a hell for those who refuse Him.  And so why is that we have such difficulty letting go of our anxieties and worries?  I think a key to this can be [...]]]></description>
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