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Where Is Your Line?

Genesius April 19, AD2024 4 Comments

Several years ago, I was challenged by an acquaintance of mine. He asked me, “Where is your line?” At first, I did not understand his

Supporting Fellow Catholics and Catholic Beliefs

Genesius January 24, AD2024 6 Comments

Car commercials from the 1950’s are a hoot. I say this because I came across some recently. Although interesting, these relics of a bygone era

The World is Divided

Maurice Williams January 13, AD2024 19 Comments

I see such massive resistance against complying with God’s will in the world today. This resistance greatly troubles me. There is an incredible amount of

Bearing Our Burdens

Mark Belanger September 24, AD2023 6 Comments

Much to everyone’s surprise – and my own as well – when it came time to pick a patron for my reception into the Roman

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When a Catholic High School Doesn’t Walk the Talk

Gene M. Van Son May 24, AD2022 22 Comments

Most Catholic high schools in the U.S. have probably never been written about in a national publication. And that may be a good thing. No

Truth Has to be Repeated Constantly

Charlette Mills March 17, AD2022 6 Comments

Truth has to be repeated constantly, because Error also is being preached all the time, and not just by a few, but by the multitude.

St. Etheldreda and the Art of Compromise

Rory Fox December 8, AD2021 7 Comments

St. Etheldreda (636–679) was a queen and a nun in England, 1500 years ago. Although her life looks completely dissimilar to modern lives, she faced

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Advice for Young People Graduating from High School

Gene M. Van Son March 10, AD2021 13 Comments

If you know a young person who is a high school junior or senior you might want to pass this advice on to him or

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Choices We Make

Carol Monaco November 30, AD2020 1 Comment

Freedom is God’s gift to each of us so that by our own accord we might seek out our Lord and attain our “full and

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Why I can’t Vote for Joe Biden (and Why You Shouldn’t Either)

Gene M. Van Son October 13, AD2020 17 Comments

I love Joe Biden, just as I love all my fellow human beings. But Joe seems to be really confused. Maybe 47 years in politics,

A Catholic’s Guide to Getting a Tattoo

Masha Goepel September 21, AD2020 8 Comments

I’m sitting at the tattoo parlor, waiting while my husband sits in the chair. There’s a slow, casual conversation: life, kids, art, homesteading – punctured

Prayer is Critical to Being a Good Leader

Laura DeMaria September 6, AD2020 No Comments

Abraham Lincoln said, “I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own

The Virtues: The Remedy for Our Times

Janet Meyer June 13, AD2020 No Comments

Lately, the daily news is full of images of burning and looting in our cities. Prior to that, it was becoming difficult to express our

A Virus, Two Roads, and The Way to Christ

Gabriel Garnica May 16, AD2020 2 Comments

For many people, the past two months have been nothing short of a recurring nightmare on more levels than they want to assess. A transcendent

What’s Wrong With the Singleness Obsession?

Cecily Lowe March 25, AD2020 11 Comments

Lately, I’ve seen a lot of ads implying that singleness, or at least childlessness, is a great thing. The implications range from a women’s subscription

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Employing Reason to Be Happy: Peace in the Present Moment

Suellen Brewster February 27, AD2019 1 Comment

The closing movement of the Morning Prayer for Sunday, February 10th, 2019, in Magnificat magazine read: Father, you have called us to serve you in

Discerning When Enough Really is Too Much

Dom Cingoranelli November 24, AD2018 4 Comments

Do you feel, at times, that you just have too much to do? Is it getting harder and harder to keep your commitments to prayer

Abortion, Divorce, the Womb and the Divine Mercy of God

Susan Skinner October 28, AD2018 1 Comment

The mystery of God’s maternal love is expressed with particular power in the Hebrew word, rahamim. Etymologically, this word means “womb” but was later used to mean