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Catechism of the Catholic Church—What the Catholic Chur...

What the Catholic Church believes about Mary is based on what it believes about ...

Celebrate Mary’s conception, not Jesus’s

During my high school years, I believed the Immaculate Conception was the concep...

Showing Mercy in Daily Life

When we think of Pope Francis, what comes to mind? Hopefully you are thinking ab...

St. Athanasius—The Word was not degraded by receiving a...

The Word was not degraded by receiving a body, so that he should seek to “receiv...

St. Dominic Savio—Nothing seems tiresome or painful whe...

Nothing seems tiresome or painful when you are working for a Master who pays wel...

Pilipivka: St. Philip’s Fast

Now I am going to tell you about something that until I did this article I knew ...

“Advent, a call to pacify the world”

Assumptionist priest, Vincent Leclerq, is the postulator for the cause of beatif...

1 Timothy 2:5-6—For there is one God…

For there is one God. There is also one mediator between God and the human race,...

St. Francis de Sales—Follow the example of St. Bernard ...

Follow the example of St. Bernard and repeat those well-known words of his: “Wha...

Gifts, offerings, and sacrifice

by Father Dwight Longenecker Part of the magic of Christmas is giving and receiv...

St. Gregory I—For with God both of these of necessity m...

For with God both of these of necessity match each other exactly: practice shoul...

St. Catherine Labouré—After I enter the chapel I place ...

After I enter the chapel I place myself in the presence of God and I say to him,...

St. Elizabeth of the Trinity—What a joyous mystery is y...

What a joyous mystery is your presence within me, in that intimate sanctuary of ...

Pope Francis—True joy does not come from things or from...

True joy does not come from things or from possessing, no! It is born from the e...

St. Paul Le-Bao-Tinh—I am not alone — Christ is with me.

I am not alone — Christ is with me. — St. Paul Le-Bao-Tinh, Vietnamese martyr

St. Clement I—Let us fix our gaze on the blood of Christ …

Let us fix our gaze on the blood of Christ and realize how precious it is to the...

Hearty beef stew

A Walz family favorite, during the winter months. 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 p...

Bringing back the simplicity of Advent

When I was a kid, the Reed family’s “Christmas season” began right after our Tha...

St. Ambrose—Where Peter is, there is the Church.

Where Peter is, there is the Church. — St. Ambrose

St. Augustine—Christ is never conquered. …

Christ is never conquered. … He hath conquered in thy behalf, and he hath conque...