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Total Detachment: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Total Detachment: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today, a man runs to Jesus and seeks an answer to life’s deepest question.  Yet...

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St. Edward the Confessor

St. Edward the Confessor

St. Edward the Confessor, born in 1003, was the son of King Æthelred the Unready...

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Rest for the Weary: Work, Distraction, and the Freedom of True Leisure

Rest for the Weary: Work, Distraction, and the Freedom...

There’s a band of three contemporary poets, known as Rascal Flatts, who sing a nostalgic...

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Finding God’s Mission in our Friendships

Finding God’s Mission in our Friendships

In today’s fast-paced world, cultivating genuine friendships can be a challenge....

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The Novel Children of Alabama

The Novel Children of Alabama

Unique? They are. They are silent, unobtrusive; one scarcely realizes the life that’s...

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St. Pelagia

St. Pelagia

St. Pelagia lived in Antioch in the 5th century and was originally known for her...

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Why Is Humility so Difficult to Achieve?

Why Is Humility so Difficult to Achieve?

Humility, on the one hand, should be the easiest of all the virtues to achieve. ...

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Becoming Children of God

Becoming Children of God

Jesus admonishes the Pharisees for their hardness of heart. In other gospel passages,...

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Not All Religions Lead to God

Not All Religions Lead to God

Do all religions really lead to God? This was the question trending on social media...

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Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary

Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary

The story behind the celebration of Mary under the title “Our Lady of the Rosary” is...

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The Messianic Duality of the Good Samaritan

The Messianic Duality of the Good Samaritan

The Good Samaritan parable is a bit of an enigma. Who is the saved and who is the...

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Our Lady of the Rosary

Our Lady of the Rosary

October is the month of the Holy Rosary. Today’s Feast was originally known as Our...

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How to Best Receive Holy Communion

How to Best Receive Holy Communion

The greatest action that we can do on this side of heaven is to receive Jesus, the...

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St. Bruno

St. Bruno

St. Bruno was born in Cologne, Germany, around 1030, and was renowned for his intellect...

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St. Faustina Kowalska

St. Faustina Kowalska

St. Faustina Kowalska was born in Poland in 1905 and grew up in a humble and devout...

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St. Francis of Assisi

St. Francis of Assisi

St. Francis of Assisi, born in 1181 in Italy, lived a life of wealth and privilege...

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Family Dysfunction & Divine Paradoxes

Family Dysfunction & Divine Paradoxes

After reading Ryan Patrick Budd’s recent book, Salvation Stories: Family, Failure,...

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Marriage, Children, and Divorce: Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Marriage, Children, and Divorce: Twenty-seventh Sunday...

The Pharisees ask Jesus about divorce.  Instead of answering, why did He respond...

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Martyrdom is Eucharistic

Martyrdom is Eucharistic

The Christian life is a life of grace.  It draws us beyond the limits of our human...

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Our Lady’s Eternal Joy: “My Spirit Rejoices in God my Savior”

Our Lady’s Eternal Joy: “My Spirit Rejoices in God my Savior”

Let us reflect in this third article of the Magnificat series on the joy of Our...