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The Holy Family points the human family to the Heavenly Family
On the Readings for Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph […]
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Grumpy priests and Saint Thomas Becket
We Catholics tend to have unrealistic expectations about our priests. We want every one of them to deliver brilliant, engaging homilies just like Venerable Fulton Sheen, possess the spiritual depth of Saint Thomas Aquinas, be […]
Books
Joseph Ratzinger, Alexander Schmemann, and the eschatological person
Andrew Kaethler is Academic Dean and Associate Professor of Theology at Catholic Pacific College at Trinity Western University. While working on a Ph.D. in systematic theology at the University of St Andrews, he and his […]
Essay
A Grammar of Gratitude: Chesterton’s St. Francis of Assisi at 100
As much as we owe modern Christmas traditions to German and English traditions, there is one to whom we owe special thanks. While the modern tradition of a Christmas crèche with figurines seems to have […]
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The Second Sunday of Advent: “In my end is my beginning”
Readings: • Is 40:1-5, 9-11 • Ps 85:9-10-11-12, 13-14 • 2 Pt 3:8-14 • Mk 1:1-8 One of the great mysteries we experience constantly and live with every second—quite literally—is the mystery of time. We […]
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First Sunday of Advent: Expectation, Exhortation, Eucharist, Eternal Life
On the Readings for Sunday, December 3, 2017, the First Sunday of Advent […]
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Fearing God from love, not loving God from fear
On the Readings for Sunday, November 19, 2017 […]
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Virgins, vigilance, and judgment
On the Readings for Sunday, November 12, 2017 […]
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Christ the Divine Troubler
On the Readings for Sunday, November 5, 2017 […]
Essay
Saint Charles Borromeo and other holy bishops
“For a bishop, as God’s steward, must be blameless.”1 When Saint Paul wrote these words to Saint Titus in the first century, he was reminding Titus to be careful in his appointment of bishops for […]