Father Mike Schmitz Reveals His List of Best & Worst Christmas Songs of All Time
In a recent Ascension Presents video, Father Mike Schmitz breaks his silence on his favorite–and least favorite–Christmas songs.
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Amid the busyness that often defines December, this priest provides three Advent customs families can embrace as they prepare for the coming of Jesus.
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"I experienced God’s presence in a way I hadn’t before—not just in sacred places, but in sacred people.”
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“Jesus literally told me during Advent: ‘There’s this vampire story.’ I thought, ‘Vampires don’t seem very Christmasy.’ But He was so clear: ‘Write it down…Trust Me.’”
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Why Is Google Translate Making Apocalyptic Predictions About the Second Coming of Christ?
What in the world? This is very strange! If you didn’t already know, Google has an amazing service called Google Translate. At no cost, you can get fairly good quality translations between about a 100 languages. The service doesn’t use humans to translate things in real-time, of course....
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