Why Christ Fell
Gabriel Garnica
February 20, AD2017
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I do not like icy streets. They turn walking into an adventure where falling is a real possibility. I guess what I really do not
I’m a Mystic (And So Are You)
Laura DeMaria
February 19, AD2017
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Earlier this month I participated in my first ever retreat, called “The Retreat in Daily Life.” It was a week-long retreat which took place in
The Ambassador, Michael Novak, Lent a Hand
Pete Socks
February 18, AD2017
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My name and The Catholic Book Blogger have become one it seems. Many people know me for my reviews and interviews. However, there was a
The Battle for the Homefront
Suellen Brewster
February 18, AD2017
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During World War II, all of the men, women, and children who were not enlisted in the military knew that they were still an integral
How Can Imperfect Contrition Lead to Perfect Contrition?
Guy McClung
February 17, AD2017
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How can imperfect contrition lead to perfect contrition? To make a “good confession” and to receive absolution for sin, a sinner must be, according to
Pride and Humility, Vice and Virtue
Paul Oakes
February 17, AD2017
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If you go to the website Brainy Quotes and do a search on “pride” you are apt to find more quotes lauding pride than those
Our New Sacramental Temple
JP Nunez
February 16, AD2017
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O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you. My flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land
The Case for Chastity
Paul Kniaz
February 16, AD2017
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A Love-Hate Relationship with Sexual Freedom Our culture has a love-hate relationship with the ideas of sexual liberation that spewed out of the sixties and
Apologetics: Tackling Belief, Truth, and Moral Relativism
Todd Nolan
February 15, AD2017
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Today’s secular society operates on an array of levels when it comes to belief, truth, and moral relativism. For this reason, it becomes necessary to
The Power of the Mass: Why We Believe What We Believe
Wendy McMahan
February 15, AD2017
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This is the second part of a series on The Power of the Mass. Part one is available here. I have been inspired to make
The Stumbling Block of the Crucifix
Dr. Allison Low
February 14, AD2017
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As a Catholic, I am often challenged about our use and reverence for the crucifix. The most common charge has been that the crucifix
Abortion, Underlying Myths, and a Skewed Idea About Mercy
Roseanne T Sullivan
February 14, AD2017
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I was involved in an online discussion last week on Facebook and the points raised in the discussion illustrate many erroneous ideas many people, including
The Brewing Philippine War Between Duterte and the Church
Ramon Antonio A. Aldana
February 13, AD2017
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A war is brewing in the Philippines. And it is not a war of guns (although, much of the cause of this brewing war has
On Earth as In Heaven
Bart Schuchts
February 13, AD2017
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What Does the Father Desire? Have you ever stopped to think about that? I spend so much time telling the Father what I desire that
Working Around the Impasse in the God Debate
Bob Drury
February 12, AD2017
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Almost 70 years ago a famous but now somewhat forgotten debate took place on BBC radio between Bertrand Russell and Rev. C. J. Copleston,
A Child, A Stranger, the Body of Christ
Mike Eisenbath
February 12, AD2017
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My 8-year-old grandson and a stranger both gave me a special gift one recent Sunday. And there I was thinking I was doing something good
Give Us This Day Our Supersubstantial Bread
Anthony S. Layne
February 11, AD2017
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“Give us this day our daily bread” … what does that mean? On the surface, it’s a simple acknowledgment that the things we need
Inside the Faces of Pride
Ken Kniepmann
February 11, AD2017
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Pride is something most of us understand to a certain extent. Or, at the very least, we think we know what it looks like when
The Jew in the Catholic Church
Dr. Edouard Belaga
February 10, AD2017
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“Today it is the Old Testament who suffers for the New one.” Sœur Mirjam Else Michaelis (1899 – 1942, Auschwitz) Can you imagine what might become
The Problem of Ingrained Sin
Melanie Jean Juneau
February 10, AD2017
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When we feel cut off from God, battling a losing war with ingrained sin, the only viable solution to our dilemma is to call out
The PostPersons: Part II
Guy McClung
February 9, AD2017
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This is Part II of the PostPersons story. In Part I a future was described in which the Supreme Legislature of the United States, once
The Spark in The Thin Red Line: Why I Remain Catholic
Alex Wolke
February 9, AD2017
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One of my favorite movies, if not my favorite of all time, is Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line. I watched this movie in my
