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Take Me to Church — The Mega-Church, That Is
My best female friend is a non-practicing Catholic. Like many lapsed Catholics, she attends Mass twice a year (Christmas and Easter).…
Browsing: Learn & Live the Faith
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The Law of Human Nature Still Exists
Is there anything so wicked as a man trying to silence his conscience? It is a willful act that happens…
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Reflections for Sunday, April 19, 2015
Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion Mass Readings: 1st Reading: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19 2nd Reading: 1 John 2:1-5…
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Would You Lay Down Your Life for Them?
I have more than 1,100 friends on Facebook. Are they all really my friends? Fair question. My wife and children…
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Front Row With Francis: The Passion of Children
Divorce, malnutrition, poverty. Children “are the first victims.” For all the talk about being pro-life and pro-family, and for all…
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How a Parish Can Attract Traditionalists
Dear William, When I shared your previous letter on Facebook, I referred to the contents as “interesting.” In it, you expressed a…
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Divine Mercy: Drink it Up
At the Abbey of Gethsemane in New Haven, Kentucky, the bell tower of the monastery chimed at three a.m. like…
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Who is Jesus?
At the beginning of Lent our pastor gave everyone in our parish some homework to do. He asked us to…
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Why Me, Lord? A Meditation
Why, Lord, did you give me this father, this mother, this brother, this sister, this son, this daughter, this relative,…
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The “Orthodox Practice” on Divorce and Communion, Part II
At the close of the Extraordinary Synod of Catholic Bishops last October, the Synod’s Final Report ( the “Lineamenta”) included…