Saying Goodbye to Friends
Julie Machado
August 29, AD2018
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I recently moved house and city and was surprised at how painful it was to say goodbye to the friends we had made during the
My First Year As a Priest: A Reflection
Father Nicholas Blackwell O. Carm.
August 28, AD2018
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By the time this article is released I will have celebrated my first anniversary of priestly ordination. The gift of the priesthood and my consecrated
In Love, I Cannot Remain Silent About Unspeakable Happenings
David Torkington
August 28, AD2018
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These Things Are Unspeakable When the political philosopher Edmund Burke wrote: “These things are unspeakable, but I cannot remain silent,” he could well have been
Abuse: What to Make of the Current Situation?
Dom Cingoranelli
August 27, AD2018
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Friends and acquaintances are asking us what to make of the recent disclosures about abuse within Holy Mother Church. We seemingly hear about it or
Jesus’ Mercy Covers Our Impurity and Our Clericalism
Suellen Brewster
August 27, AD2018
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Five hundred years ago, the Roman Catholic Church was going through an incredible time of corruption and holiness, shame and glory, evil and good. It
Rise and Walk Boldly to Repair our Church.
Cathy G. Knipper
August 26, AD2018
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Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? (Luke 5:23) As a parishioner in the Diocese of
Immigration Laws and the Human Flow
Howard Kainz
August 26, AD2018
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When an alien lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him. The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love
Prudence, Prejudice, and Probability
Bob Drury
August 25, AD2018
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One form of modern relativism states that to understand, “You need to weigh out the probabilities.” (at minute 45:30) From this perspective, we can surmise,
Faith, Decision Making and Probability I;
How and Why We Believe
Bob Kurland
August 25, AD2018
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INTRODUCTION: MY APPROACH TO PROBABILITY This article is a response (of a sort) to Bob Drury’s excellent piece, “Prudence, Prejudice and Probability.” That article in
The Patrick Coffin Show:Hope When Hope Seems Gone-Dr. Aaron Kheriaty
Patrick Coffin
August 24, AD2018
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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 Key That Opens the Door to Paradise
Rob Marco
August 24, AD2018
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One Friday afternoon I was making a Holy Hour before the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. For the first twenty or thirty minutes, I brought
The Passion of the Church
Susan Skinner
August 23, AD2018
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On Saturday, August 11, 2018, on the feast of my namesakes, Saint Susanna and Saint Claire, I went to Mass. I had been saddened by
Fighting the New Drug: Pornography
Paul Oakes
August 23, AD2018
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Pornography seems to be everywhere these days. Sometimes it is overt, but sometimes we are reminded that it’s part of our culture in subtle ways.
Standing in the Cesspool: The Complicity of the Commentariat
Anthony S. Layne
August 22, AD2018
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Like you, Dear Reader, I was angered and sickened by the Pennsylvania grand jury report. But the lynch-mob mentality that quickly formed among the
Judas in Our Midst
Should We Leave the Church?
Birgit Jones
August 22, AD2018
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Judas is notoriously used as an example of the ultimate betrayal. Jesus, Himself, chose him as one of His apostles. Yet, he is the weapon
The Magisterium: An Analogy
Betty Parquette
August 21, AD2018
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A non-Catholic friend had asked me for a simple explanation of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, and the necessity of it. Having recently
Blueprint for Catholic Living III: The Divine Paradox of Christianity
Mark C. McCann
August 21, AD2018
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As we live out the divine blueprint given to us by our Lord, we build the Church and act in unity as the Body of
Why Friendships Matter Both on Earth and in Our Spiritual Life
Laura DeMaria
August 20, AD2018
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It’s not only worthwhile, but critical for our emotional and spiritual wellbeing to spend time forming healthy and positive friendships. And yet, it can
The Death Penalty, the McCarrick Scandal, and a Grand Jury Report
Gene M. Van Son
August 20, AD2018
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Some Catholics are pretty worked up over the news about the recent change to paragraph 2267 (the death penalty) in the Catechism. But many more are
Forced to be Free: The Gospel of “Tolerance”
Cecily Lowe
August 19, AD2018
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As I’ve explored in various previous essays, there are a lot of things that are wrong with modern first world society today. Some more obvious
Mary Plus The Holy Spirit Gives Us Jesus
Ray Sullivan
August 19, AD2018
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So many of our Protestant brothers and sisters just don’t get it: Mary + The Holy Spirit = Jesus. When they see Catholics giving so
First Reformed: Hope Without Optimism
Patrick Malone
August 18, AD2018
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First Reformed, written and directed by Paul Schrader, is, along with The Witch, at the vanguard of a recent renaissance of Calvinist cinema but still
