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Suffering, supplication, and the necessity of “praying always”
St. Monica prayed for the conversion of her son Augustine for thirty years. How many of us would expend that kind of energy for a […]
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Sanity and the Church
Cultural radicalism rejects tradition, and therefore rejects everything except immediate impressions, abstract ideology, and naked will. That’s no way to build anything solid, let alone […]
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Youth, liturgy, and the need for true worship
Liturgy – like the Faith it celebrates – never admits of an “erector-set” approach; good liturgy, true liturgy is received, not fabricated, and it takes […]
Essay
Female ordination advocates ignore theological truth, focus on power
Those who insist that women ought to be ordained as Catholic priests do not simply want to serve the Church—they want to change the Church. […]
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The temptation and the challenge of reading “Gaudete et exsultate”
Whatever else there is to say about the document and regardless of one’s personal, spiritual, or intellectual disposition toward Pope Francis, it is fair to […]
Essay
The wounds of Christ and the doubt of Thomas
It is not an accident that Thomas comes to faith, not by simply seeing an apparition of Jesus, but only after being instructed to pay […]
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Who is your Jesus?
When it comes down to it, many of us rather have a Jesus we’re comfortable with than conforming our lives to that one unique and […]
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“Behold! I tell you a mystery!”
The mysteries of the Incarnation and Resurrection are re-presented in every celebration of “the sacred mysteries” – Holy Mass – as Jesus is born in […]
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Pope Francis believes in hell—and he needs to stop talking to Eugenio Scalfari
Our Lord also told His disciples, “Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple […]
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The Seven Last Words from the Cross: “It is consummated”
If most people were asked when Jesus’ hour of glory began, they would probably say Easter morning. But according to the Evangelist John, the hour […]