The Dog I Didn’t Want

It’s strange how I knew that I would hang on to her.  The animal shelter lady had sent me a sympathetic e-mail not long after

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Be a Good Catholic Sport

There is tremendous excitement and interest in Pope Leo XIV around the world. He is an intellectual, a missionary, an administrative leader, and an American

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“We’ve Got a History”

“We’ve got a history.” Usually when someone says that, it’s not a good history. They’re not likely referring to a treasury of fond memories. No—this

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Summer Reading: The Catholics

Last month, I spent some time recommending books for summer reading. If you’re my age (41), or older, you probably remember wandering through Meijer (or

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Divinization, Baptism

The Joys of Baptism

The sacrament of Baptism is a tangible sign of God’s love in which we become children of God and heirs to His kingdom.

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causality, miracle, creation, God, morality, man

What Is Man?

“What is man that you are mindful of him, and a son of man that you care for him?”  – Psalms 8:5 Every week I

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In the Style of a Party

There is a distinct and terrible lack of parties in everyone’s life nowadays. When was the last time that you, as an adult, attended a

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The Necessity of Exercise

I don’t have time, Father tells me, adding, there are many responsibilities to attend.  I am asking a Father I know, how is he doing,

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July is Super American Saint Month

When one really embraces the Church’s liturgical calendar, certain patterns emerge.  One of them for many Americans, an increasing number, actually, is spending some extra

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Praying with Faith

The 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church is replete with many wonderful stories of how followers of Christ, sometimes in the most desperate of circumstances,

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