Acedia: The Overlooked Vice
Tom Thomas
March 4, AD2024
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The Holy Father, Pope Francis continues to focus on the vices. This time it is on Acedia, a most appropriate topic as we head into
Fighting the Battle of Ideas with Comic Books
Genesius
October 26, AD2023
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When I was first married, my wife collected books for young girls published during World War II. My wife had some of these as a
Why Is It So Hard To Be Good?
Rob Marco
September 27, AD2021
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In titling this post I was primarily thinking of my own experience, specifically with regards to this awful-lousy-no-good-whole-food-plant-based diet I’ve been trying out. My intentions
It’s Not the Technology, It’s What We Do With It
Charlette Mills
May 22, AD2021
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Television and social media are not evil in themselves. However, we need to be wary of the purpose behind what we watch or interact with,
Lenten Gardening: The Examen, Mortification and the Practice of the Opposing Virtue
Suellen Brewster
March 26, AD2019
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It may be spring according to the calendar, but here in Western New York, next to the giant cooler that is the frozen Great Lakes,
Misery Versus Poverty
Julie Machado
February 4, AD2019
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I heard a nurse speak about her missionary work in Africa. She worked in several former Portuguese colonies, such as Cape Verde, and was telling
Pride and Humility, Vice and Virtue
Paul Oakes
February 17, AD2017
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If you go to the website Brainy Quotes and do a search on “pride” you are apt to find more quotes lauding pride than those
Rock, Paper, Scissors; Vice and Virtue
Patti Maguire Armstrong
February 27, AD2013
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Rock crushes scissors, paper covers rock, scissors cuts paper, and vice hates virtue. Such are the rules of the game. And they are not going