Sexual Scandal and Sin, Rejecting The Gifts of God
Susan Skinner
December 4, AD2017
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“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but
Monica’s Miseries and Fortitude’s Strength
Kevin Aldrich
December 3, AD2017
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These days we hear a lot about “snowflakes.” These are young adults who must be protected from the least slight, whether real or imagined. Fortitude
Does Amazon’s Alexa Say Jesus Christ ‘Is A Fictional Character’?
Gene M. Van Son
December 2, AD2017
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If you’ve been thinking of buying an Amazon Alexa device for your home or for someone you love for Christmas, you might want to rethink
Discipline, Doctrine and Amoris
James Hooper
December 1, AD2017
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It is very easy to get lost in the complexity of the Catholic faith. Among the faithful, and those on the outside, or not-so-faithful, it
Seeing the Sign: A Reversion Story
Cynthia Millen
November 30, AD2017
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The woman walked into the sign shop. She needed to order a banner for her daughter’s swim team and knew the owners of this shop
The Love That Always Satisfies
Alaine DeSantis
November 29, AD2017
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Ever since sin came into the world with the Fall of Adam and Eve, human beings have experienced an emptiness. Because of this emptiness, the
Ready, Set, GO! Marian Consecration, Living Divine Mercy, and Baptism in the Holy Spirit for Our Times
Suellen Brewster
November 28, AD2017
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One hundred years ago, the Blessed Mother came to three shepherd children in Portugal in a series of apparitions we call by the name of
Overcoming Pornography in Your Life
Ray Sullivan
November 28, AD2017
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Pornography has become the most accepted forbidden fruit in the entire world. Looking at naked people for personal pleasure is strictly forbidden by God in
Don’t Drive Forward Using The Rearview Mirror
Dan Byron
November 27, AD2017
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Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward
Aristotle Would Not Agree With This Commentary on Amoris Laetitia
Cecily Lowe
November 27, AD2017
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(Disclaimer: I in no way intend to criticize here any of the actual content of Amoris Laetitia, only the commentary of Archbishop Fernández as noted
Abandoning Condemnation for Mercy
Anne DeSantis
November 26, AD2017
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The Lasting Effects of ‘The Year of Mercy’ The Year of Mercy was a special year dedicated to living out the mercy of Jesus Christ
Your Special Needs Child is No Angel
Kerri Lynn Bishop
November 25, AD2017
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I understand the sentiments of those who say a special needs child is an “angel,” but understanding what they mean doesn’t mean I agree with
Consecrated Virginity: The Obscure Glory
Sarah Greydanus
November 25, AD2017
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Consecrated virgin: To many, the phrase sounds outlandish, not only unfamiliar but unsettlingly strange. To most of the world outside the Church, it means a
Real Marriage is Tying the Knot God’s Way
Paul Oakes
November 23, AD2017
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Saturday, November 4 began as a fairly typical, crisp fall morning in Pennsylvania. The leaves on the trees were changing into a brilliant array of
Always Be Thankful
Carol Monaco
November 23, AD2017
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“Give thanks to the Lord, invoke His name; make known among nations His deeds. Sing to Him, sing His praises, proclaim all His wondrous deeds.
The Call to the Lay Vocation
Laura DeMaria
November 22, AD2017
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“To the other towns also I must proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God, because for this purpose I have been sent.” Luke
Becoming Christ: The 6th Chapter of Romans
Paul Kniaz
November 17, AD2017
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In the 6th chapter of the letter to the Romans, St. Paul teaches that through complete surrender to Christ, the Christian becomes a second Christ.
I Know a Man: Gratitude and the God of Thanksgiving
Mark C. McCann
November 15, AD2017
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I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body
Carmelite Spirituality: My Eyes and My Heart Will Remain Here Forever
Alita Maria Covel Ngo, OCDS
November 14, AD2017
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“To be a child of God means to be led by the hand of God, not one’s own will, to place every care and every
Is Anyone Sola Scriptura?
Lorelei Savaryn
November 12, AD2017
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Coffee Shop Calvinism I recently came across a group of men from the Reformed Church we left to become Catholic who were gathered at our
Fifteen Years of Yearning for Hope
Jim Dougherty
November 11, AD2017
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November 11, 2017 marks the fifteenth (15th) anniversary of the shooting death of my son, Aaron Dougherty. More essentially, this date also marks the 15th
Catholic Thanksgiving
Nathaniel Lauer
November 10, AD2017
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We have been conditioned as Americans to consider Thanksgiving from one single historical perspective based upon the New England Thanksgiving event. Certainly, our commemoration and
