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Humility and Receptivity Needed in Catholic Dating

After writing an article last month for Catholic Exchange called “Love at First ...

“Look Me in the Eye:” Abortion Survivors, Super Bowl Sc...

Salt in its Blessedness You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. Do ...

How to Choose a Sacrifice this Lent

“The Glory of God is a human fully alive.” – St. Irenaeus of Lyons So, you’re th...

Cardinal Burke Visits Chalco and Sees Hope for the World

On a cold, Wisconsin night around Christmastime, Cardinal Raymond Burke recalled...

Salesian Spirituality for Lent: Perseverance

St. Francis de Sales, a Doctor of the Church, lived and ministered as a priest a...

What Does It Mean to Be Human?

For years I wanted to follow in the footsteps of my paternal grandmother by beco...

A Baseball Fan Answers: Should Confession Ever Be Delayed?

Theodore Samuel Williams, aka the “Splendid Splinter,” was my childhood hero. He...

Death as the Culmination of Christ’s Work in Our Lives

In the Catholic tradition, life and death are companions on a shared journey tow...

The Stories We Tell Ourselves—and the Story That Saves Us

The Power of Stories Great stories have a way of captivating us. Stories like J....

How and Why Some Angels Fell from Grace

In a previous article, we looked at why Adam and Eve, whom God created full of g...

Healing the Priesthood After the Scandals

When the opportunity presented itself for me to read and review Rebuilding Trust...

We Are Blessed So As To Bless Others: Fifth Sunday in O...

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus promised blessing on those willing to follow H...

3 Principles for Interpreting Scripture

Recently I had a conversation with an older gentleman who has had a serious spir...

When “Progress” Loses Its Spell: Euthanasia and LGBT Id...

For decades, debates over sexuality and the end of life have been framed as sett...

Mary’s Unneeded Temple Purification and the Gift of Obe...

After the forty days required for purification came to an end, Mary went to the ...

Groundhog Day and the Light of the World

In American culture, the second day of February is Groundhog Day, especially pop...

Receive God’s Love Daily through Scripture

I recently came across an old woman begging at the roadside in the intense Manil...

The Nature of Freedom: Human Formation, Misdiscernment,...

A priest friend recently expressed his concern about the increasing fluidity of ...

Disney vs Chesterton on Human History

G.K. Chesterton’s classic The Everlasting Man was originally written as an alter...

Silence Heals

Silence is very difficult to find and cultivate in our culture. The fact that we...