Dear Cafeteria Catholic
Sarah Bailey
October 30, AD2019
2 Comments
What defines a Catholic: Baptism and obedience
Doctrine, Doctrine, Doctrine
Marty Dybicz
October 29, AD2019
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In all the controversies swirling in our Catholic Church nowadays, even to the point of possible schism, there is a word that is almost never
Fruits of Our Labor
Carol Monaco
October 29, AD2019
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There is a saying: “If you want to be happy, plant a garden.” Oh, how true that is! When we are gardening, we are living
The Church and the Roman Empire – Off the Shelf 148 with Mike Aquilina
Pete Socks
October 28, AD2019
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Off the Shelf 148 – Mike Aquilina So you think history is boring? Than you haven’t read a book on early Church history from my friend Mike
How Must We Love Our Neighbor?
Deacon John Bacon
October 28, AD2019
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Most Catholics, most Christians in fact, even people who are only passingly familiar with the Bible, know the story of the Good Samaritan. Found in
From Indignation to Sanctification
Dom Cingoranelli
October 27, AD2019
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St. Ambrose, commenting on a passage from the Gospel of Luke, tells us: …where there is true charity there is no room for anger—in other
The Good News and Moral Theology
Sabrina Vu
October 27, AD2019
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“You have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You.” St. Augustine’s words from his Confessions echo throughout the
Effective Evangelization Based on Aquinas’ Five Ways
Briana Huddleston
October 26, AD2019
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If Catholics really want to evangelize effectively, they have to meet people where they are. Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae provides five logical arguments for the
Patrick Coffin: Confession Under Attack
Patrick Coffin
October 26, AD2019
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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
The Catholic ‘Mother Wound’
Loreto Xavier
October 25, AD2019
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Is today’s Church suffering from a ‘Mother Wound’? Recently, following a Mass to celebrate the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in my parish, I
Unanswered Questions in Science
Bob Kurland
October 25, AD2019
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To answer the question ‘To be or not to be?’ we cannot turn to a science textbook. —Fr. Stanley Jaki, “The Limits of a Limitless
The Priests We Need
Pete Socks
October 24, AD2019
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Long will the summer of 2018 be remembered. It was the summer the Catholic Church seemed to be receiving hit after hit at the hands
Marriage and the Age of Apostasy
Rob Marco
October 24, AD2019
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It is always tragic to see someone commit spiritual suicide right before your eyes. Apostasy can be a gradual slip into disbelief. Some slide away
Pessimism, Optimism, Hope and Change
Anthony S. Layne
October 23, AD2019
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Over my lifetime, I have been called many things, some of which are printable. Within the last 11 years’ worth of blogging, I’ve had a
To Shine or to Illuminate: Which Will You Choose?
Suellen Brewster
October 23, AD2019
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Our twenty-first century world does its best to keep us away from a contemplative life, away from the things of God. It is shiny, sparkly,
In My Darkest Moments, God Reveals His Mercy
Susan Skinner
October 22, AD2019
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I struggled recently, feeling attacked from all sides. I am raising two teenage boys, and a tween daughter and there are days I feel defeated.
The Curse and Consequences of Quietism
David Torkington
October 22, AD2019
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Continuing A Brief History of Christian Mystical Spirituality- Part I Molinos, the founder of Quietism, was a Spanish priest stationed in Rome from where he
Spiritual Analogies to Common Activities II
Ray Sullivan
October 21, AD2019
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A while back, I wrote an article outlining some spiritual analogies to common activities that can illustrate our journey of salvation. Here are a few
The Priests We Need to Save the Church – Off the Shelf 147 with Kevin Wells
Pete Socks
October 21, AD2019
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Off the Shelf 147 – Kevin Wells Join Kevin Wells and I as we discuss a book our generation of the Church most desperately needs.
The World Wins! Jesus Loses
Guy McClung
October 20, AD2019
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The following article is written as if a Roman newspaper columnist penned a column right after Jesus’s death. The Times Temporal, Jerusalem, March 26, 33
Saint Paraskeva Pyatnitsa
Masha Goepel
October 20, AD2019
2 Comments
Saint Paraskeva is a mystery. There are at least three saints named Paraskeva (or Paraskevi) in the Catholic Church; and though they have distinct feast
Medjugorje – Manifestations, Adoration, Expectations, Fruits
Dom Cingoranelli
October 19, AD2019
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There we were—all 7,000-plus of us—engaged in Eucharistic Adoration at the outdoor altar of St. James, the parish church in Medjugorje. At Benediction, the priest
