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Who Gets Into Heaven?

Ray Sullivan January 17, AD2022 24 Comments

Who gets into heaven? Now that is a really good question. For sure, Jesus Himself said that we must enter heaven through the narrow gate,

Ecumenism: Did Vatican II Make a Mistake?

Rory Fox January 6, AD2022 27 Comments

Before the Second Vatican Council (1962–65) Catholics approached Ecumenism (Christian Unity) with an apparent negativity. Non-Catholics were seen as in error. They needed to correct

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The Living Word

Carol Monaco December 30, AD2021 3 Comments

In last month’s examination of the Catholic Mass, we come together as one during the Introductory Rite. Opening us to the Holy Trinity prepares us

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

At Mass: Together as One

Carol Monaco December 1, AD2021 3 Comments

Last month, I shared a story with you about my father, a physician, who wrote “Anatomy of the Mass” before he died. For this project,

Book of Wisdom, Bible, Jonah, Truth, Gospel, Hebrews, homosexuality, word

Even A Grouchy Curmudgeon Can Be Called To Service

Mark Belanger November 21, AD2021 5 Comments

It does not take a bible scholar to guess that when I refer to a grouchy curmudgeon in service to God, I am thinking of

The Need for More Faith When a Loved One Dies

Lilia Borlongan-Alvarez. November 10, AD2021 2 Comments

The death of a loved one is perhaps the most difficult of life’s circumstances. It’s a pain that never goes away. I know this for

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Space Angels: Arguing a Point

Rory Fox November 6, AD2021 11 Comments

There are few odder space exploration stories than the claim that six cosmonauts saw angels, and that the Soviet authorities covered it all up. What

Sharing the Love

Carol Monaco October 30, AD2021 6 Comments

I would like to share a story with you about my father. Dad was a physician and an agnostic for most of his life. It

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The Gift of Faith: Protect It or Lose It

Richard Auciello October 28, AD2021 3 Comments

Faith is a gift given by God, a gift we can nourish and help grow or a gift we can squander. The question arises whether

priest, ordination, priests, Fr. Kapaun, clergy

Pray for Our Priests, They Too Are Under Attack

Genesius October 27, AD2021 7 Comments

Last month I wrote about how many Catholic Churches are being vandalized or burned. While writing that article I began to reflect on another topic

Let The Children Come To Me

Mark Belanger October 20, AD2021 3 Comments

One of my favorite internet memes, going quiet and then recurring over the years with a regularity Halley’s Comet might envy, goes something like this:

Figs and Faith

Carol Monaco September 29, AD2021 No Comments

In my family’s backyard are five fig trees. My grandfather planted the first one about 50 years ago. The rest came from rooted cuttings of

Reclaiming Catholic Culture: Popular Piety in the Modern World

Masha Goepel September 21, AD2021 1 Comment

“How can we reclaim our Catholic culture?” a friend asked recently. Like so many millennial Catholics, he wanted to offer his kids more than the

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The Miracle of the Loaves and Fish: Beyond the Math into Balance

Gabriel Garnica September 16, AD2021 3 Comments

Most, if not all Christians, know about Jesus multiplying the loaves and fish. What many do not know, however, is that there were actually two

Questions from Jesus, Then and Now

John Kubasak September 7, AD2021 6 Comments

Several years ago in one of his many talks, Bishop Robert Barron remarked that a great retreat could be written on the questions asked by

Loyalty: Vice or Virtue?

Rory Fox September 3, AD2021 8 Comments

Loyalty and disloyalty are familiar ideas. Employees who keep company secrets are loyal. Friends who gossip behind your back are disloyal. It is easy to