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Sin, cheap grace, and John the Baptist

December 4, 2022 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 7

Editor’s note: The following homily was preached on the Second Sunday of Advent (December 4, 2022), at Mount Calvary Church in Baltimore (Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter). We have completed one-fourth of our […]

The Dispatch

From Death to Life: Praising the Resurrection with St. Gregory Narek 

April 21, 2022 Dr. R. Jared Staudt 2

Lent has a clear focus—doing penance to prepare for the Resurrection—although it can be harder to focus on spiritual growth during the Easter season. It is a time of fruitfulness, although the experience of the […]

Essay

Lessons for Lent from the conversion of King David

March 12, 2022 Douglas Bushman 7

A prophet with a perilous mission “And the Lord sent Nathan to David” (2 Sam 12:1). The context of Nathan’s mission is ominous. After committing adultery with Bathsheba and, in order to hide that sin, […]

Essay

“And let my cry come unto Thee”: On Ash Wednesday

February 17, 2021 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 1

Salutem in Domino (Health and salvation in the Lord)! That traditional Latin greeting encapsulates our hope and prayer every day of our lives, but one that we raise with particular intensity for the next forty […]

The Dispatch

“In my beginning is my end. … In my end is my beginning”

December 4, 2020 Carl E. Olson 8

On the Readings for December 10, 2017, the Second Sunday of Advent […]

General

Why Dr. Rebecca Luckett’s abortion essay is not the “same old same-old”

March 20, 2018 Edward N. Peters 14

Most ‘Yes-I’m-Catholic-but’ attempts at public conscience massaging warrant little consideration and usually no follow-up. But Dr. Luckett’s recent USA Today essay could be an exception. […]

The Dispatch

“I Can Only Imagine” offers a timely message of repentance and forgiveness

March 16, 2018 Nick Olszyk 7

The new movie is an antidote of sorts to the pretentiousness and hypocrisy of scandal-ridden Hollywood. […]

The Dispatch

In Defense of Jonah

October 28, 2017 Alan L. Anderson 5

In the Reluctant Prophet we have the classic (and beautiful) case of God ‘choosing a crooked pencil to draw a straight line’, for Jonah is […]

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