Sometimes Prayer is The Only Answer
Alita Maria Covel Ngo, OCDS
August 9, AD2018
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Who is to say that God does not put you or me, and no other, specifically at a scene for the very purpose of saying
Ask Tony: Did the CCC 2267 Rescript Change Catholic Doctrine?
Anthony S. Layne
August 9, AD2018
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Many people argue that the rescript issued on August 2, which changed Paragraph 2267 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church to call the
Why Isn’t Being Catholic a Habit?
Daniel Demers
August 8, AD2018
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“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” —Proverbs 22:6 Introduction—Duhigg’s Book
Time’s Up for the Bishops
Cynthia Millen
August 8, AD2018
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I’m angry. I’m disgusted. And I don’t like being played for a sucker. The Requirements I Must Meet As a Catholic school teacher, I’ve been
What a Little-Known Saint Can Teach Us about Responding To a Church in Turmoil
Steffani Jacobs
August 7, AD2018
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Everywhere we turn it seems that the Church is in turmoil or some sort of disagreement. Both celebrated and emphasized by the news media, this
What Does it Take to Be Human?
On the Genetic Modifications of Embryos
Bob Kurland
August 7, AD2018
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I did not know yet how far they were from the human heritage I ascribed to them. —H.G. Welles, The Island of Dr. Moreau
A Woman Clothed with the Sun
JP Nunez
August 6, AD2018
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In Revelation chapter 12, John sees a mysterious vision of “a woman clothed with the sun” (Revelation 12:1). This woman gives birth to the Messiah
NFP: The Antidote to Sexism
Sofia Abasolo
August 6, AD2018
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Lili Loofbourow wishes ‘we lived in a world that encouraged women to attend to their bodies’ pain signals instead of powering through like endurance champs.
Is Our Relationship to Jesus Personal or Intimate?
Betty Parquette
August 5, AD2018
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I have come to realize Christians can develop an intimate, rather than just a personal relationship with Jesus. Well-meaning evangelical Christians challenge us to have
Hope Explored and Explained
Dan Byron
August 4, AD2018
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I have not done a word-by-word analysis. I have not counted the occurrences. I have not spent the time necessary to validate the following statement,
What Will You Be Wearing To Your Particular Judgment?
Deacon Greg Lambert
August 4, AD2018
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“But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing a wedding robe, and he said
Clearing Murky Waters: God’s Care for our Souls
Edward Monti
August 3, AD2018
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Does God care if we sin? How does He look at and treat sinful human beings? I started to think and pray about that, pondering
On Materialism and Heroism
Julie Machado
August 3, AD2018
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Every time our mailman knocks at the door, I know I can expect an update about his son’s medical school. He has two children and
Using Man’s Laws to “Serve Others in God’s Love”
Mary Pesarchick
August 2, AD2018
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And when the last law was down, and the devil turned round on you—where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country’s
Wisdom from an Existential Jewish Mystic
David Torkington
August 2, AD2018
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I don’t think Mr. Hogg would have been employed in the first place had his predecessor not suddenly dropped dead on his way to school.
Causality and St. Thomas Aquinas’ Second Way
Bob Drury
August 1, AD2018
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The second way of proving the existence of God by St. Thomas Aquinas is that of efficient causality. It is not just any old efficient
Mt. Tabor Moments- It Is Good That We Are Here!
Trish Irvine
August 1, AD2018
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After roughly three years of public ministry, Jesus took Peter, James, and John up a mountain and revealed His glory to them. They had spent
The Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel: A Scriptural Journey
Father Nicholas Blackwell O. Carm.
July 31, AD2018
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“All gracious God, may the prayers of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother and Queen of Carmel, protect us, and bring us to your Holy Mountain,
The Hunger Years
Rob Marco
July 31, AD2018
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Dr. Taylor Marshall had a recent post on the state of the priesthood by the numbers. The “priest to Catholics” ratio (taken from the Center
Mission, Impossible?
Carol Monaco
July 30, AD2018
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as
Engaging and Enlightening Through Love
Todd Nolan
July 30, AD2018
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The art of civilized decency and scholarly discourse is diminishing, giving way to tactics aimed at shaming the faithful. I must admit that I was
Loneliness Can Kill You
Dom Cingoranelli
July 29, AD2018
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Some of us may be old enough to remember the opening line of Elvis Presley’s song, “Are you lonesome tonight…?” As it turns out, a
