Notes from a Week of Quarantine
Paul Kniaz
March 25, AD2020
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I thought it would be spiritually helpful to me to compose and reflect upon notes from a week of quarantine. I hope you find these
The State of Grace In Times Of War
Rob Marco
March 24, AD2020
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As I type, our state has instituted a “shelter in place” prerogative due to the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe. There are no public Masses,
Educating Kids at Home: Off the Shelf 169 guest appearance with Fr. Robert McTeigue
Pete Socks
March 23, AD2020
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Off the Shelf 169 – Fr. Robert McTeigue This week I appeared on The Catholic Current hosted by Fr. Robert McTeigue. We discussed the COVID-19
If I Have Not Love, I Am Nothing
Kendra Von Esh
March 22, AD2020
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I have discovered that everything comes from the heart because it is the heart which guides our thoughts, body, and tongue. Since I live in
The Lord’s Vineyard—Father Mark Goring, CC
Patrick Coffin
March 21, AD2020
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The Patrick Coffin Show podcast features weekly interviews with A-list influencers and outliers in the effort to recover the Judeo-Christian roots of the culture. Patrick
Justification in Catholicism
Briana Huddleston
March 21, AD2020
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The concept of justification is one of the most discussed and debated topics among Christians. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC), the
Lent: Christ’s Salvific Gift of Suffering*
Bob Kurland
March 20, AD2020
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The witnesses of the Cross and Resurrection of Christ have handed on to the Church and to mankind a specific Gospel of suffering. The Redeemer
The Power of Prayer in Our Lives is Unsurpassed
Gregory Siqueiros
March 19, AD2020
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As Catholic’s, we often associate praying with long traditional prayers that we have learned and recited from the time we were children. But real prayer
Family Prayer and Devotion to the Blessed Mother
Deacon Steve Greco
March 18, AD2020
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Venerable Patrick Peyton (1909-92), known as the “Rosary Priest” because of the many large rosary rallies he led throughout the world, popularized the phrase “The
Laity to the Rescue
David Torkington
March 18, AD2020
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The essential principles of Christian spirituality are to be found in the teaching of the first Apostles that they received directly from Jesus Christ, It
A Lent Without Masses Thanks to COVID-19
Gene M. Van Son
March 17, AD2020
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Our bishops are in a bit of a predicament with COVID-19. They want to be good citizens as well as good shepherds. And it looks
How to Keep the Devil Out of Your Head
Ray Sullivan
March 16, AD2020
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If the devil is the prime tempter, then keeping the devil out of your head is an important step to avoiding sin. Here are some
The Book of Eli and the Road to Redemption
Mark C. McCann
March 16, AD2020
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I had the opportunity just before the beginning of Lent to watch the movie The Book of Eli (Columbia Pictures, 2010). It is a seemingly
The False Victim Complex vs. True Redemptive Suffering
Melanie Jean Juneau
March 15, AD2020
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It takes humility to realize most of our personal suffering does not save anyone, least of all ourselves. Ironically, it usually takes suffering to break
How to Stick with Lent During Coronavirus
Laura DeMaria
March 14, AD2020
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Lent this year has gotten off to a strange start. As the threat of COVID-19 spreads around the world and here in the US, many
Lent: Forty Days of “Giving Up”
Or Forty Days Closer to God?*
Bob Kurland
March 13, AD2020
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INTRODUCTION: PENANCE IS NOT A BRIBE TO GOD Lent is upon us. Interestingly, my Lenten penance and goals have changed since my conversion some 25
Hearing God When He Speaks to Us
Mark Belanger
March 13, AD2020
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Years ago, some time after my adult conversion, I was talking to a friend who was in the habit of saying things like “The Lord
How to Succeed at Parish Ministry
Pete Socks
March 12, AD2020
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One area the Church need’s a little work in, at least at the local levels, is leadership. We often find overwhelmed and under-performing staffs who
Tradition and the Spiritual Danger of Traditionalism
Anthony S. Layne
March 11, AD2020
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In “The New Goth is the Original Goth,” I suggested (half fun and full earnest) that we ought to resurrect the “fence” of traditional practices
A Beautiful Soul: Finding the Essential
Janet Meyer
March 11, AD2020
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How beautiful God must be. No wonder He isn’t visible to our human eyes. Oh God, I hope my soul looks beautiful to you. –
Whatever Happened to the Community Mass?
Lilia Borlongan-Alvarez.
March 9, AD2020
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We have all heard of those “choir Masses” – the kind where only the members of the choir sing because they alone know the songs
Raising Upright Kids: Off the Shelf 167 with Dr. Ray Guarendi
Pete Socks
March 9, AD2020
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Off the Shelf 167 – Dr. Ray Guarendi Raising kids in the current society we live in is TOUGH. We know what values we hold
