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Have I Grown Closer To Jesus Today?

Gary Zimak March 21, AD2014 4 Comments

As we journey through the forty days of Lent, it’s easy to lose our focus. Even if we remain faithful to our Lenten sacrifices, we

Parental Bragging and Legacy

Anabelle Hazard March 21, AD2014 2 Comments

I tolerate a lot of parental bragging. I think its great when children know they’ve made their parents proud. I’m happy for my friends and

Evil is Beautiful

Michelle Fritz March 19, AD2014 No Comments

As I was driving home the other day from the store, I looked on in awe and wonder at the signs of spring evident in

Why You Ought to Come Inside the Church

Anthony S. Layne March 19, AD2014 3 Comments

G. K. Chesterton remarked once that the Catholic Church is larger on the inside than it appears from the outside. Saints come from all

Resolving Medical, Ethical, and Liberty Reproductive Life Issues

Victor Ajluni, MD March 15, AD2014 5 Comments

It’s been intensely frustrating, though strangely fascinating as a physician, to see public comments social media regarding the embryonic stem cell and, inevitably, the abortion

Accepting Miracles: Embracing Mystery

Melanie Jean Juneau March 14, AD2014 11 Comments

The modern world heaps scorn on those who have experienced miracles. This cynical attitude simply serves to coerce most legitimate eyewitnesses into silence; only quacks

Unintended Consequences

JoAnna Wahlund March 11, AD2014 33 Comments

Alert the media! I\’ve found another case of an innocent person being cruelly denied a cake by an intolerant, bigoted bakery department. In this case,

Gift of Self

Kevin Aldrich March 11, AD2014 2 Comments

Every person’s most fundamental vocation, moral responsibility, and source of fulfillment is authentic self-giving. I think this claim can be discovered by reason and experience.

Bob Buschine: A Child Prodigy and the Social Revolution

H. L. Duncan March 3, AD2014 3 Comments

We all are attracted to the stories. This story begins with a kid who was keying symphonic melodies on the piano only at the age

Lenten Courage: Blessed Clemens von Galen, The Lion of Munster

Donald R. McClarey February 25, AD2014 6 Comments

\”Neither praise nor threats will distance me from God.\” – Blessed Clemens von Galen (1878-1946) . The Nazis hated and feared Clemens August Graf von Galen

Saints Are Simply Living the Normal Christian Life

Melanie Jean Juneau February 24, AD2014 13 Comments

Twenty-five years ago, my husband discovered a book entitled \”Guidelines to Mystical Prayer\” by a British Carmelite nun, Ruth Burrows. That book changed our lives.

In Defense Of Pope Francis

Gary Zimak February 21, AD2014 13 Comments

It’s time. I’ve put off writing this for a while, but the time has come. In the past few months, I’ve noticed an increase in

Why Mary’s Picture Hangs In a Catholic Home

Anabelle Hazard February 20, AD2014 7 Comments

You’ve seen pictures of the Immaculate Heart of Mary beside the Sacred Heart of Jesus in many Catholic homes. In our home, the “alliance of

Contraception: A Hill Worth Dying On!

Anthony S. Layne February 20, AD2014 14 Comments

Is contraception “a hill worth dying on”? asks Austin Ruse, one of the Catholic Church in America’s most sage, most lucid commentators. There is no question that

Social Media: Are We Excarnating Ourselves Online?

Joel and Lisa Schmidt February 18, AD2014 3 Comments

Mystery: from Latin mysterium or Greek mystērion. Various definitions suggest something secret, private, or not easily understood. We all probably know someone whose life seems

Ten Things Pope Francis Could Say to President Obama

Jamey Brown February 14, AD2014 18 Comments

President Barack Obama will meet with Pope Francis on March 27 at the Vatican. Here are a few things I think the Holy Father might

Divine Ministry: More Holy Kisses

Susan Anne February 14, AD2014 7 Comments

It seems there is far too little affection in the world. In Holy Scripture, we are repeatedly instructed to exercise affection towards others, “Salute all

Evangelization: Don’t Argue on the Internet

Bob Kurland February 14, AD2014 3 Comments

“Non in dialectica placuit Deo salvum facere populum suum” (“It is not by arguing that God chose to save His people”). -St. Ambrose “Fortunately, there

Christianity: Counterfactuals vs Faith

Bob Kurland February 11, AD2014 4 Comments

“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything

Agnes Sanford: A Friend Among the Communion of Saints

Melanie Jean Juneau February 11, AD2014 17 Comments

I don’t want to argue about the reality of the communion of saints, both the living and the dead. I just want to encourage believers and seekers

Canonization: The Rational Judgment of a Miraculous Cure

Kevin Aldrich February 10, AD2014 10 Comments

My goal is to show how the Catholic Church made the rational judgment, after serious investigation, that one man received a miracle of healing through

Conspiracy Theories & Catholicism: Frankenstein’s Monster

Foxfier February 10, AD2014 3 Comments

Conspiracy Theories and Catholicism is a series of posts about things like albino assassin monks, secret Bible books, pagan Santas and secret councils— popular culture