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Chick Todd
Chick Todd was reared as a "Baptiterian" in Denver, Colorado and grew up to become an American Roman Catholic. After several years of feeling called to the Roman Catholic Church, I made my First Communion as a Catholic at Easter Vigil in 1969. That happy event was followed two weeks later with the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony with Crucita at Chapel 2 on Lackland AFB in San Antonio TX.
We are shown here at the celebration of our 50th Anniversary which included a renewal of our Vows. During those fifty years we have been Catechists, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Eucharist, Lectors, and the RCIA/C Coordinators for our Parish, St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish on the island of Kaua'i in Hawai'i.
When we married, we devoted our Marriage Vocation to establishing and maintaining a Christ-Centered Home. It still works that way today. The love we have shared with each other has been multiplied as we share it with others, especially our two adopted children, and all the children and adults we have helped catechize.
I have always been a serious Bible student and now run a blog called The Moon Beam Network at www.aloha-friday.org where I publish a weekly Catholic Bible study every Aloha Friday. Crucita is an exceptional Master Teacher, and so we find abundant opportunities to share our love of Word and Sacrament with many others. Come visit us at The Moon Beam Network. E komo mai!
Latest Articles By Chick Todd
The Eucharist and Propriety
We’re in a tough position right now as Catholics. The world claims that “social sin” is the cause of personal sin, and we must assert that it’s just the opposite.
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For Our Sake: Just Say 'Yes'
No matter where I am, the Hope I have in my eternal Family is "the Light that drives away the darkness and draws me and everyone I meet to God's Perfect Integrity, Endless Mercy, and Eternal Salvation."
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Renewed Again (Part 2): The Seven Mortal Sins
Can YOU name the Seven Mortal Sins without Google? For that matter, can YOU name the Seven Cardinal Virtues without Google? Can your Priest or Pastor? Can your children or your spouse?
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Renewed Again (Part 1): Catholics and Confession
The Sacrament of Reconciliation is solidly supported by Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium. It is one of the greatest gifts bestowed on the Church by Christ. However, we all know – because we hear it often and experience it more often – that "these days Catholics don't take advantage of this beautiful Sacrament.
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'While it Was Still Dark' - The Anticipation Before the Light
John sets the scene "while it was still dark," that is, while the world was still in the grip of sin and death. The World – including Mary Magdalene – does not know that the Light has risen and Darkness flees from that Light – Jesus.
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A Prayer for National Repentance
Please use the following prayer at least once daily until 31 days after the General Election is certified.
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Our Cross to Bear
As we begin the Octave of Easter and look towards celebrating Pentecost with the Universal Church, we take a few moments to remember what Jesus told us about being a Disciple. It involves the reality of carrying a Cross.
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Spiritual Communion in This Hour of Need
All across the world, bishops are suspending Mass as Catholics join in the campaign to help "flatten the curve" of the spread of COVID-19 VIRUS. There are still ways for the faithful to participate in the spiritual benefits of Communion.
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The Perfect Loser
Philippians 3:8 – 8 … I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ Jesus my Lord.
This is one of those passages that sounds very familiar; it is also a passage we usually reckon as unattainable.
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A Frank and Earnest Conversation About Metanoia – Act 3
Aloha nui loa, Omea! May blessing always be with you and may God bless you, Belovéd! Today we pick up on the end of a conversation between two buddies named Frank (F:) and Earnest (E:) with some help from the Narrator (N:). We finished up with the Narrator asking, " (WHAT STOPS US FROM REPENTING?
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A Frank and Earnest Conversation About Metanoia – Act 2
Today we pick up in the middle of a conversation between two buddies named Frank (F:) and Earnest (E: ) with some help from the Narrator (N:). We finished up where Frank had just asked Earnest about what would happen if he stopped taking his diabetes medication.
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A Frank and Earnest Conversation About Metanoia – Act 1
Today I'd like to share with you a frank and earnest conversation about the "WHY" of metanoia {Grk: met-an'-oy-ah, Eng: met-an-oy'-ah}, the word used in the New Testament for repentance. It comes from the verb metanoeó {met-an-o-eh'-o} which means to change one's mind or purpose, or to turn around 180 degrees to accept the will of God.
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My 4,357th Second Chance
"PLEASE, just give me one more chance! I know I can do it!"
How many times have we heard that one? And how many times have we thought, "What difference does it make? You're a hopeless case."?
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Seven Key Words of Faith in God's Forgiveness (The 7 R's)
Sometimes it can be difficult for us to accept that God loves us so very much that he gives us the unmerited Grace of his forgiveness. Here is a simple way to remember the power of that Grace.
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