Below are all the installments of Sister Mary Lucy Astuto's columns GETTING TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER for 1996 through 1999. For her columns in 2000, see 2000 columns and for her newer columns in 2001, see 2001 columns.

DECEMBER

• Friday, December 24-January 2, 2000 Yes 2 The King

• Friday, December 17-19 Kathy's Rosary Story part six

• Friday, December 10-12 Kathy's Rosary Story part five

• Friday, December 3-5
  Good Reading will aid Prayer Life

DECEMBER

• Why Jesus came as a Baby

• Peace on earth???

• Prepare anew each day

• It is more blessed to give

NOVEMBER

• Purgatory is wonderful part two

• Purgatory is wonderful part one

• Whats with the fork?

OCTOBER

• No one can come to Me...

• What did Our Lady mean?

• A Father's Eyes

• The Church's love for Mary

• Another true angel story to delight you

SEPTEMBER

• Forgiveness: What does it mean?

• Qualification of a servant

• Let's pray hard for our president

• Two reasons for liking September 8th

AUGUST

• Privacy or secrecy. That's the question!

• His conscience is his guide

• Tricia's true angel story

JULY

• Satan is entering your home

• St. Anne, our Heavenly Grandmother

• I am dependent on Independence Day

JUNE

• Medjugorje: Evidence of God's Love

• Eternal Father...Happy Father's Day!

• The Heart of our Religion

• The greatest mystery

MAY

• Holy Spirit, pour Yourself out on us

• Hollywood makes "fools" of nuns

• A story to live by

• "On this day, O Beautiful Mother"

• Our crosses are truly blessings

APRIL

• Your forgotten Grandmother

• Jesus pretended

• The Cross first, then the Crown

• Why Jesus chose to suffer

MARCH

• True Story of a Priest's Conversion part two

• True Story of a Priest's Conversion part one

• El Nino dropped in unannounced

• When in trouble, turn to God

FEBRUARY

• Think often of His Sufferings

• An open letter to the president

• The Shroud of Turin survives

• The Miracle was for us, too

JANUARY

• Confession is good for the soul

• Free Will is for choosing good...for choosing God

• Science cannot clone a soul!

• Spiritual Reading is a must on your resolutions list!

DECEMBER

• Please say: "Merry CHRISTmas!"

• Don't be discouraged

NOVEMBER

• A gift for the Holy Father

• Salvation requires Self-Denial

• Love the sinner, not the sin

• Conversational Prayer

• My Nightmares and Purgatory
  The following are columns from 1997 Sister Mary Lucy Astuto

• Call me Little Therese

• My little sister Therese

• It happened again!!!

• We do not know the day nor the hour

• How to discern God's Will

• The Ten Commandments...burdens or blessings?

• Love your neighbor...and Whisper!

• Why Catholics pray to the saints

• How to answer the critics who say we worship Mary

• Little Audrey...the Silent Soul

• Be not afraid!

• One soul is a treasure to God

• Lent is an ideal time to find Peace...God's light within each heart

• "Hands up!" or "Surrender!"

• How to prepare for Christmas

• Wake-up, America!

• Wheeling and dealing with the Angels

• How slow is slow?

• May you believe? Be open to look!

• Read CAREFULLY!!!!! and ASTUTELY!!!

• Medjugorje: Fifteen years of God's Love

• Holy Spirit, fill us with Your Love

• Wrap yourselves in Our Lady's Mantle

• Pornography: Freedom or Licence?

• Shhh! God's Talking

• Good News via www.

  
  

       Above are all the installments of Sister Mary Lucy Astuto's columns GETTING TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER for 1996 through 1999. For her columns in 2000, see 2000 columns and for her newer columns in 2001, see 2001 columns.

Sister Mary Lucy Astuto's GETTING TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER ARCHIVES for 1999, 1998, 1997 and 1996

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