The Blessing of Married Life and the Gift of Children
“The marriage covenant is an image of the New Covenant. Gaze upon a crucifix. Each spouse is to...
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How Do You Measure Success as a Disciple of Jesus?
The Lord calls you to be his witness, reflecting his love and mercy in a world in need. Catholics...
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Struggling with a Restless Heart
“Thou movest us to delight in praising Thee; for Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts...
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The Gift (and Challenge) of the New Moses
“Jesus wants to give us much more than free bread or liberation from earthly suffering. But...
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The Perfect Human Heart
“To love with a human heart is to accept the possibility of a broken human heart.” I...
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How have I offended you?
“As uncomfortable as Good Friday might make us, we should meditate on The Reproaches,...
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Lost Sabbaths and the Sin of Sloth
An intriguing phrase caught my attention while looking over the Mass readings for the fourth...
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Desire Not the Death of the Sinner
The daily readings during Lent often punch me in the gut a little. I have my prayer and...
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Cast Off the Weight of Sin
I have been thinking a great deal about my experience at Reconciliation a few weekends ago. ...
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Flowers from Dung
I don’t like the idea of “plan B.” Last month, I heard an unsettling homily about the Immaculate...
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This Beloved Christmas Song Has Mary All Wrong
But rather than bringing Mary down to our level to make her more relatable, let us instead...
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What to do in the face of evil
In today’s first reading, we hear the prayer of the exiled people in Babylon. Recognizing...
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