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You are Who you eat: “Let Christ be eaten…”
On the Readings for August 19, 2018 […]
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Recovering the fourfold sense of Scripture in John 6
The story recounted in John 6 is both miraculous and sacrificial, two things modernity rejects but to which the Church holds fast. […]
Essay
Hope in the Face of Crisis
Jesus Christ is both the source and the object of our hope. Even during times of crisis, he remains with us as he promised he […]
Essay
The public challenge of the Catholic Faith
Catholic citizens have an indispensable contribution to make to the national discourse in the present day, one that could prove to be the salvation of […]
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Answering the divine call to participate in the mercy of God
On the Readings for Sunday, June 15, 2018 […]
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Pascal’s Wager, certitude and doubt, and the human condition
“The wager,” says Thomas S. Hibbs, author of a new book on Pascal’s philosophy and faith, “demands a kind of self-transformation of one’s passions, a […]
Essay
Saints Peter and Paul: “One wins by cross, and one by sword”
A consideration of the two Apostles we honor today, a reflection on the Petrine office in the Church, and a challenge to live the implications […]
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How Jesus became Jesus: A conversation with Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy
“When he was conceived and born these saving acts were still in the future,” says the noted theologian and author of a new study of […]
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Gravity, Gravitas, and Grave Matters
As the Japanese novelist Shusako Endo noted, people often ponder where they were born, a circumstance over which they had no control, while giving little […]
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The Mystery and Drama of the Trinity
On the Readings for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity […]