The Lost Virtue of Christian Hospitality
Nada Mazzei
June 24, AD2017
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Summer is a time we invite family and friends over for dinner often. The sun sets later and evenings are warm. It is an ideal
Are Most Christians Clueless About Their True Identity?
Melanie Jean Juneau
June 23, AD2017
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A good friend, Martha, from Madonna House, “happened” to sit beside a self-proclaimed witch on an old bus heading towards the Shrine of Our Lady
Practice Makes Perfect in Life and Prayer
David Torkington
June 23, AD2017
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Although we do not like to admit it, even to ourselves, we still believe that prayer suddenly happens, or never happens at all. We kid
The Catholic Church and Science
Ray Sullivan
June 22, AD2017
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Many people erroneously believe that the dark ages were caused by the Catholic Church and its hatred of science/love of superstition, and its dominant control
Have the People Recline
Suellen Brewster
June 22, AD2017
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Summer is here with its invitation to come outdoors, to be in God’s healing and restorative nature. Childhood memories of picnics at state parks or
Our Dynamic YOUths are Hungry for Christ
Paul Oakes
June 21, AD2017
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When I began my new job as a youth minister last year, I didn’t have a whole lot of experience with youth ministry. I did
Iftar Buffets, Apple Orchards, and Mutual Respect
Cynthia Millen
June 21, AD2017
2 Comments
We are blessed to live in Toledo, Ohio, where we have one of the most diverse populations in the U.S., and an amazing choice of
Our Faith Is Not About Clean Uniforms
Gabriel Garnica
June 20, AD2017
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A few years back I was visiting a friend when a man in a sparkling white uniform walked out of my friend’s home. When my
Four Years of Grace
Cecily Lowe
June 20, AD2017
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May marked one year since my college graduation, so in honor of the occasion I thought I would take a chance to reflect upon my
The Despair of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Patrick Malone
June 19, AD2017
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has a host of artistic problems, but its most profound failures are of moral understanding. Whereas the original novels
Healing Through the Blessed Sacrament
Wendy McMahan
June 19, AD2017
13 Comments
Be sober and vigilant. Your opponent the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8 I had
The Lessons of Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
Megan Dahle
June 18, AD2017
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Every year, more than three million pilgrims visit the small French town of Lourdes to pray for healing and grace. Lourdes is perhaps the most
Finding Your True Self in Marian Devotion
Laura DeMaria
June 18, AD2017
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I have written before that my spiritual life is owed to Mary. A few years ago, after a long period of lapsed faith, I felt
Shaping the Image of God: Thoughts about Fatherhood
Mark C. McCann
June 17, AD2017
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I have been thinking a lot about fatherhood lately. Having put in quite a few years as a dad with three beautiful children, you would
Hanoi Jane Excepted, Ora Pro Nobis
Guy McClung
June 17, AD2017
17 Comments
Is a prayer like this Okay? Hanoi Jane Excepted, Ora Pro Nobis My good friend, Captain Ronald Bliss (may he rest in peace now), on
The True Old West Tale of Adam and Eve’s Conversion
Daniel Demers
June 16, AD2017
1 Comment
Father Patrick Manogue was both a legendary priest and a very interesting character in Western history. An Irish immigrant, Manogue became a miner during the
Why Priests Are Men
JP Nunez
June 16, AD2017
25 Comments
priests It’s very common in our culture today for people to think that much of what we Catholics believe is behind the times and out
God is Good and “Everything Happens For A Reason”
Bart Schuchts
June 15, AD2017
6 Comments
Does “Everything happen for a reason”? Things do happen for a reason, but what is the reason and who is the author of everything that
Freedom Is Not Born from Evil
Ann Casey
June 15, AD2017
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The subtle, evil coercion of lies I was told, and expected to believe as true, from the women’s movement over our reproductive rights came to
Continuing the Reconciliation of Evolution with Revelation
Bob Drury
June 14, AD2017
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The purpose of revelation is not to confirm what man can know of material and immaterial things through his own natural capacity. The purpose is
The Deadly Cancer of Anger
Ken Kniepmann
June 14, AD2017
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“This deadly cancer of anger… makes us unlike ourselves, makes us like timber wolves or furies from Hell, drives us forth headlong upon the points
The Enduring Perils of Divorce With Dr. Diane Medved
Patrick Coffin
June 13, AD2017
10 Comments
God says he hates divorce (Malachi 2:16). Jesus tells his followers that Moses only permitted divorce because of the hardness of their hearts and that
