During Advent, the church encourages us to renew our search for God and teaches us how and where to look for him.
Advent: We see what we’re looking for
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Filed Under: Advent, Commentary
A faith that questions
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Filed Under: Bible, Commentary
Salvation history can be told through the questions that appear in Scripture.
Master of all the saints
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Filed Under: Commentary, Saints
Saints are satisfied only by God himself; nothing less than God or other than him will do. And for those who are holy, God alone is enough. Nothing else is wanted, needed, or required.
Hail Mary: ‘Now, and at the hour of our death’
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Filed Under: Commentary
The “Hail Mary” reminds us that life is short. By asking the Blessed Virgin Mary to pray for us not only now but when we will need her intercession most, we prayerfully place the rest of our earthly lives in her maternal hands.
The battles we fight
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Filed Under: Commentary
It’s wise to acknowledge that not every fight can be won; that we may not have the resources to sustain a war on many fronts; that victory sometimes costs us more than we can afford
We cannot follow Jesus and sidestep the cross
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Filed Under: Commentary
The road of discipleship is the way of the cross. Embracing it is the secret path to holiness — and there is no other.
Missionary Disciples Pray: St. Joan of Arc
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Filed Under: Commentary, Saints
Our missions and apostolates suffer because we too often pray in a perfunctory way.
Christ on river, Christ down street
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Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist
I’ll give the big events all I’ve got, but focus more of my attention on the daily opportunities God gives me to both see Christ living and active in my life and be Christ to the people I encounter where he has placed me.
All things French
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Filed Under: Commentary, Olympics
As Catholics, we should stand with our bishops and those around the world when they speak out against the open ridicule of our faith and the blasphemies of our times.
Indy or not, revival is yours
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Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist
The most substantial and life changing things scheduled to take place at the National Eucharistic Congress are available to almost every Catholic right where they are. They always have been and they always will be.
Peter, Paul and the messiness of Christian discipleship
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Filed Under: Commentary
As Catholics, it’s important for us to remember that God sees our sin and brokenness.
Want revival? The Sacred Heart shows us what it takes
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Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist
To sustain authentic spiritual revival, our hearts must be like Christ’s.
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