Faith & Spirituality – Page 160

Election Year Madness

H. L. Duncan March 13, AD2016 13 Comments

As we in the United States suffer through another national election cycle in this odd year, the antics displayed by those who ask for our

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Are We, As Church, A Receptive Bride?

Lilla Marie Lottinger March 13, AD2016 4 Comments

“I have a desire for something more in my life” I often hear. It is an echo of the deepest ache within, that insatiable hunger for

The Theology Of The Healthy Body – Part II

Guy McClung March 12, AD2016 No Comments

If the body is gift, what kind of gift does a person give who is giving his or her body? God’s word answers this question,

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Why Priests Fail, and How We Fail Them

David Roney March 11, AD2016 9 Comments

I have wanted to write this article for some time, but was a bit reluctant as this is an emotional topic for many. But

The Theology of the Healthy Body – Part I

Guy McClung March 11, AD2016 4 Comments

St. John Paul II realized that the term “theology of the body” in his work, Theology of the Body,1 was a “working term”2 and that

Pope Judging 101

Pete Socks March 10, AD2016 25 Comments

There seems to be a rather disturbing trend in what I would call papacy bashing. This recent trend is fueled by a media that is

How the Most Holy Rosary can Kill Your Sin

Charlie Johnson March 10, AD2016 10 Comments

It is when I bring to mind the reality of my own fallenness and the shackling weight of sin that I am reminded of a secret

Catholics and the Sin of Human Respect

Steven Jonathan Rummelsburg March 9, AD2016 6 Comments

The sin of human respect looms large in this world of exaggerated emphasis on high self-esteem, radical individualism, and sexual identity politics, grounded in a

Avoiding “Check-Box Faith”. Discovering How to Break the Barrier.

Anne DeSantis March 9, AD2016 No Comments

A Time of Reflection for All We are now in the liturgical season of Lent. This is a time of reflection and a time of change.

Privileged to Be a Woman: The Blessed Virgin Mary, ‘Memory of the Church’

Sarah Huntzinger March 8, AD2016 1 Comment

The great women saints in the Catholic faith are a source of inspiration for daily living. Their legacy and love of Jesus Christ provide a

How To Get Over Your Fear of Confession

Stephanie H. To March 7, AD2016 5 Comments

Confession. Sin. Reconciliation. Do those words strike fear in you? We may know that we are supposed to go to the Sacrament of Confession at least

The Book That Changed My Life

Pete Socks March 5, AD2016 3 Comments

In 2013 I embarked upon a journey. There have been many twists and turns in that journey and it has led me here to

God Makes Our Weakness Strong

Nicholas Senz March 4, AD2016 4 Comments

Once upon a time, a young man had a dream of joining a religious order. He wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer, he wasn’t

My Annual Lenten Feast: Holy Silence

Mike Eisenbath March 3, AD2016 2 Comments

I never have been a big fan of winter. Give me 90-degree temperatures with a chance to wear shorts and a T-shirt rather than 20

Praying With Your Children

Karen Reep March 3, AD2016 No Comments

Making an effort to pray daily is an important part of faith formation for children. They follow our example, whether it is morning prayers or

St. Veronica’s Useless Good Deed

Patrick Malone March 2, AD2016 2 Comments

I once heard a rather wry joke that said that Christians are optimists because the worst thing that could possibly happen has actually already happened,

George Washington and Catholics

Donald R. McClarey March 1, AD2016 4 Comments

America has been blessed by God in many ways but I suspect no blessing has been greater than His granting us George Washington to lead us in

One Day’s Question, Another Day’s Answer

Cecily Lowe March 1, AD2016 3 Comments

Once there was a young homeschooled girl who had a rather inquisitive mind. The problem with her inquisitiveness was that the questions she most enjoyed

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Exorcism Prayer Brings Results

Jamey Brown February 29, AD2016 34 Comments

I was having a bit of a conflict with a cashier at work. We always banter back at forth, joking, sometimes kidding each other, but

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Hymns or Heresy?

Birgit Jones February 28, AD2016 18 Comments

This will be short and sweet. Yours truly is weary of church songs, masquerading as hymns, portraying something other than Church teaching. It’s bad enough

Mercy Uber Alles? St. Irenaeus Says “Heresy”

Guy McClung February 27, AD2016 10 Comments

In recent months there has been much discussion of “mercy,” particularly “God’s mercy.” Typical topics in these discussions include: Does God have “attributes” like our

The World vs. The Bible

Ray Sullivan February 26, AD2016 1 Comment

For any human on planet Earth to have a chance to get to Heaven, choices have to be made. These choices include deciding on whether

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Music Has Long Spoken To Me

Dan Byron February 26, AD2016 1 Comment

Music has Charms to sooth a savage Breast The above phrase was coined by William Congreve, in The Mourning Bride, 1697, and has long been

I Remember, I Remember!

David Torkington February 25, AD2016 3 Comments

‘I remember, I remember the house where I was born, the little window where the sun came peeping in at dawn’. (Thomas Hood – 1826)