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Six qualities of authentic love
Love is a free gift; it cannot be coerced, manipulated, or commodified. The greatest example of this is found in the Incarnation. […]
commandments
Essay
Is the Great Commandment Still Great Enough?
Editor’s note: This Keynote Address was given on October 10, 2022, following the Red Mass for the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana Saint Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church, Zionsville, Indiana. —————— Your Excellency, my brother Bishop, Most Reverend […]
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Fear and trembling, as well as comfort, in reading the words of Jesus
Nancy Pelosi, the radically pro-abortion Speaker of the House, is barred from communion. After the announcement by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco, the internet lit up with complaints that was contrary to the […]
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The Catholic and the Church: Relationship? “Rule-lationship”? Or both?
Readings: • Acts 14:21-27 • Ps 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13 • Rev 21:1-5a • Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35 Among the criticisms I once had, as an Evangelical, was that Catholics were too concerned with “The Church.” They […]
Features
The Church, Society, and Sex
One of the many bons mots of Archbishop Fulton Sheen was: “What the Church gives up the world takes up.” By that he meant the Church often (all too often) fails to appreciate the value […]