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María Ruiz Scaperlanda

María Ruiz Scaperlanda is an award-winning journalist and author. The Shepherd Who Didn't Run: Fr. Stanley Rother, Martyr from Oklahoma (Our Sunday Visitor) is her sixth book. In June 2016, she was presented with the St. Francis de Sales Award by the Catholic Press Association for her contributions to Catholic journalism.
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We Pay It Forward

María Ruiz Scaperlanda December 19, 2022

It was a huge bag of peaches that took two kids to carry. I thanked them for their thoughtfulness, reflecting to myself, Who brings fruit

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Why I Am Catholic

María Ruiz Scaperlanda August 15, 2022

Only if we recommit to daily private and public prayer can we rediscover the content of the faith that is professed, celebrated, lived, and prayed.

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The Purest Love

María Ruiz Scaperlanda April 30, 2022

The best way I can describe grandparenting is to say that it is the purest version of God’s love that I can experience this side of heaven.

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