Dung-Coloured Glasses
Melanie Jean Juneau
July 19, AD2024
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Adults tend to chuckle at young people in the first stage of love, blind to the faults of their beloved, and mock the young and
Women at the Foot of the Cross and Beyond
Tom Thomas
July 16, AD2024
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This article attempts to reflect upon the role of women in the Gospel narratives, and particularly Women at the foot of the Cross. The weekly
What Do You Mean There’s No More Wine?
Ida Adams
July 13, AD2024
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It’s a disaster The night was young, and the guests were having fun. The bride’s parents were wealthy relatives of Mary, and no expense had
The Time Is Now
Dr. Pamela Mandela
July 12, AD2024
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What comes to mind when you hear St. Paul say that now is the acceptable time and the day of salvation? Do you wonder what
A Seven-Step Process to Holiness
Deacon Steve Greco
July 10, AD2024
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It is a mistake to think that holiness is just for priests and nuns. We are all called to be saints; there is a universal
Material Poverty, or an Impoverished Spirituality?
Rev. Kenneth M. Dos Santos MIC
July 9, AD2024
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Are the parish closings and consolidations occurring regularly in archdioceses and dioceses of the United States, a simple function of the absence of material resources?
Meet Your Maker and Other Euphemisms About the Final Curtain Call
Deacon Greg Lambert
July 8, AD2024
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Out of all the euphemisms for dying, “meet your maker” is the most intriguing from a Christian perspective. The word “death”, used alone, seems too
Conquer the Demons of Sadness
Dom Cingoranelli
July 6, AD2024
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Do you occasionally experience a sense of sadness—a palpable sense of heaviness weighing you down? If you’re feeling beat down or unhappy, where’s that coming
The Ease With Which We Judge
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer
July 3, AD2024
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Long and frequent travels – to England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, back to Italy, then off to the Middle East – marked the past week.
What Traditions will Prevail?
Tom Collingwood
July 2, AD2024
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My youngest grandson recently asked, “Grandpa, Why do you always stand and salute when the flag goes by or when the national anthem is on
If Grace Is a Gift, How Do We Merit It?
Nate Guyear
July 1, AD2024
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A common charge leveled against the Catholic Church is that it wrongfully teaches that Christians can “earn” grace. The critics say that this conflicts with
Turn to Jesus
Carol Monaco
June 30, AD2024
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Recently I saw the movie Jesus Thirsts: The Miracle of the Eucharist. During the movie, I confirmed something that I regret. I expended a lot
Who Is Sitting Next to You on the Bus?
Ida Adams
June 29, AD2024
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Someone you know or a stranger? I had a nasty fellow in the seat next to me. I hoped he would get off at the
What God Cannot Do, and You Can
Guy McClung
June 27, AD2024
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When God made you, when He made the new, unique, human person that you are, an ensouled body, an embodied soul, He made everything that
Faith as a Paradox: Embracing the Contradictions of Spiritual Growth
Dennis Dillon
June 26, AD2024
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The concept of faith is deeply rooted in the paradoxical, embodying the transformation from death to life, darkness to light, suffering to joy and triumph
A Symbol of God’s Covenant, Not a Symbol of Sin
Genesius
June 25, AD2024
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Throughout Catholic places of worship, it is common to find symbols of our Faith. These symbols hold deep meaning. For example, the Crucifix depicts Christ’s
Conversion Through Prayer
Mark Belanger
June 23, AD2024
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Knowledge, they say, lets you understand that a tomato is a fruit, not a vegetable. Wisdom is not putting that tomato in a fruit salad.
Those Who Feel Eternity: Beauty and the Artist
Masha Goepel
June 22, AD2024
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There’s nothing too small, I can still find its charm and paint it in gold and quite big, I hold it up high without even
The Power of the Word
Tom Thomas
June 20, AD2024
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“Oh no! Here they come!” At 8 am sharp, this is the thought going through my mind as the gates open to the noisy, bustling
God and Science
Ray Sullivan
June 18, AD2024
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An abundance of well-known celebrity scientists these days are proclaiming that there is no God, because God can’t be proven by the scientific method. This
A Phone Call from God
Dom Cingoranelli
June 17, AD2024
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“That’s a phone call from God,” my spiritual director told me. I had just shared with her the physical and emotional reactions I recently noticed
The Bench on the Beach
Ida Adams
June 16, AD2024
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The bench on the beach is a place to sit, to think, to be. “It’s gone! My bench is gone!” My long-suffering and beleaguered husband, used
Teach Us How to Die
Natalie Hanemann
June 14, AD2024
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Death has been on my mind a lot lately. This week I heard about the deaths of two people, one from my graduating class in
Understanding Norms for Discerning Alleged Supernatural Phenomena
Joe Tevington
June 9, AD2024
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Background Way back in a fifth-grade classroom conversation, I recall citing Fatima and/or Lourdes as proof for God’s existence. To myself and the 50+ other
