confession, sin

Reconciliation Revisited

I was born and received the early sacraments—Baptism, First Confession, and First Communion—during the papacy of Pius XII. Admittedly this was a long time ago;

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leisure

Book Review: Made This Way

“Daddy, what’s an abortion?” my seven year old son asked me one day. “An abortion is when a mother kills the child she is carrying

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mercy, imitation of Christ, grace

A Sense of Terror

Terror Experienced in Youth I have come to realize that a sense of terror has been a hidden part of my interior life for many

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mary full of grace, Immaculate Conception

Mary:  Deified Human Hypostasis

Now that is one theological mouthful.  Some definitions may help. The meanings of  “deified” and “human” are fairly clear.  “Hypostasis”  has been defined in several

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