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Harry’s Pain & Becoming God

Guy McClung July 17, AD2017 2 Comments

My friend Harry has been around for some time, and over his life he has experienced many different kinds of physical pain. So I was

We Can Become Saints by Surrendering to the Will of God

Karen Reep June 28, AD2017 2 Comments

Do you ever read about the saints and wonder: “Could I do it? Could I possibly endure such agony for Christ?” Fortunately, most of us

Our Faith Is Not About Clean Uniforms

Gabriel Garnica June 20, AD2017 3 Comments

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

The Despair of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Patrick Malone June 19, AD2017 5 Comments

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

despair, sadness, mourn, frustration, fear

A REAL Approach to Counseling: Helping Teens Engage Fear

Mark C. McCann June 9, AD2017 1 Comment

We all have a moment in our lives when our innocence is lost, when we come to see that the world is sometimes a dangerous

Strength in Weakness

Nathaniel Lauer May 31, AD2017 2 Comments

strength A few weeks ago, I visited a very devout aunt of mine in the hospital. But I had forgotten what kind of person this

marriage, matrimony, love, faithful, Alzheimer’s

My Grandmother’s Cross Has Become Our Cross

Wendy McMahan April 20, AD2017 2 Comments

My grandmother, Opal, never raised her voice. She found joy in the simplest things: reading a book, playing scrabble, or completing her crossword puzzles. Her

There is No Saint of the Broken Hearted

Laura DeMaria April 18, AD2017 5 Comments

When times are tough, I — like many Catholics — turn to my friends, the saints. Whether you’re searching for a job, battling breast cancer,

Suffering and the Christ of Good Friday

Stephanie H. To April 14, AD2017 2 Comments

It has frequently been said that Good Friday is meaningless without Easter Sunday. Certainly this statement is true for, as St. Paul explains, if Christ

The Second Beatitude: Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

Kevin Aldrich April 2, AD2017 2 Comments

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. What do the words of this beatitude mean? We want happiness, so we would say,

The Thirst of Jesus

Nada Mazzei March 24, AD2017 4 Comments

The last words a person says before dying are cherished by those who care for him or her. They are always remembered and reflect upon,

Remember that You are Dust

Anthony S. Layne March 1, AD2017 2 Comments

“Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.” These are the traditional words with which the priest traces the ashes on the

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Pope Francis: A Corrupt Creation, Christian Hope, and Rebirth

Melanie Jean Juneau February 23, AD2017 10 Comments

On February 22, Pope Francis continued his catechesis on the importance of Christian hope in the face sin during his weekly General Audience. Although his reflections

prayer, discernment, holiness, praying, intercessory prayer, thanksgiving

Real Humility

Jim Dougherty February 6, AD2017 2 Comments

I asked for it. I really did. I knew that I would never find peace until I got down on my knees and begged for

The Power of Your Smile: St. Teresa of Calcutta

Anne DeSantis January 31, AD2017 No Comments

Wisdom from a Great Saint St. Teresa of Calcutta was canonized on September 4, 2016, in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis. She

Slivers

Nathaniel Lauer January 31, AD2017 1 Comment

I had a love-hate relationship with my mother’s tweezers and sewing needles growing up. I always ran to my mom when I so often would

Shusaku Endo’s Silence and the Divine Command to Sin

Patrick Malone January 7, AD2017 5 Comments

Shusaku Endo’s novel Silence is one of the most unsettling novels a Catholic could read. Recounting the story of Portuguese Jesuits facing martyrdom and persecution