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Listed below are the articles and content featured for this post.
Two posts on obtaining ideas and inspiration to write your Catholic
articles and blog posts are given in this post and the previous one
on Keeping Inspired.

“Writer’s block” is a common condition among writers. It often is
experienced after writing routinely and mechanically for a long
time.  The content and articles in this post and the previous
post are meant to help anyone who gets into this condition - to
find means and ways of obtaining inspiration that will help him
get back on track and regain the momentum he had before.

This post features:

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  Overcoming Writer’s Block - Revitalizing Your Writing
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  Lectionary Readings for the 3rd Sunday of Easter, Year C
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  The Saints’ Guide Series
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  Stories of Conversion: Roy Schoeman, the Hahn couple

Overcoming Writer’s Block
When a writer experiences “writer’s block”, he often is at a loss
for ideas and inspiration.  Commonly caused by routine and mechanical
writing tasks, this can be overcome.  Each writer has his own way
of overcoming this situation.  A few added suggestions are given
in this post to those who wish to find other means and ways of
overcoming writer’s block.  The post lists for instance: rerooting
oneself in the “dream” or “vision” that inspired him to write in
the first place; finding new authors and books on spirituality to
discover new styles of writing; grounding oneself back in prayer
and reflection to gain a broader perspective and to achieve
better vision; and many others that you can apply to your
particular writing situation.

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Lectionary Readings for April 22

The gospel for this 3rd Sunday of Easter is the resurrection
story of Jesus appearing at the Sea of Tiberias.  This is the
third time that Jesus appears to His disciples.  In this narrative,
we find the apostles going back to their livelihood of fishing.
After casting their nets the whole night, they find no catch. Jesus
then appears ashore and tells them to cast their nets at the
starboard side.  When they obeyed, they were able to catch a
sizable amount.  As they went ashore, Jesus invited them to eat
with him.  He then spoke with Simon Peter and reaffirmed and
reinstated him as the shepherd and leader of His flock.  Though
Simon Peter denied Jesus three times, Jesus forgave him, and now
gives him the opportunity to pledge his loyalty again - through
his threefold pledge of task and responsibility to take care
of the Church.
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The Saints’ Guide Series
Following Christ and His teachings, the Saints also have much to
teach us about living a good life as they lived it in different
cultural contexts, historical eras and political situations.
A Series has been produced by Servant Publications of Ann Arbor,
Michigan, that tells of their life of prayer, how they dealt
with suffering and hardships, and how they made peace with God,
others and themselves.  For those who especially want to learn
how to live good Christian lives, this Series can help guide
the reader into much wisdom and learning - most especially the
knowledge of living the virtues of patience, humility, goodness,
kindness, charity, and understanding.

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Stories of Conversion
We often look back to Saints for stories of conversion to the
Catholic faith: Saints like St. Edith Stein, St. Augustine of
Hippo, St. Camillus de Lellis, and many more.  But, we need not
turn back the hands of time too far.  Just looking at the present
and contemporary times, we already have stories of conversion
that influence many peoples’ lives today.  For instance, we have
the story of Roy Schoeman, a convert from Judaism.  And we also
have the famous couple, Scott and Kimberly Hahn, whose famous
book, “Rome Sweet Rome”, is already inspiring many peoples’
lives at present. 
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