Catholic Review
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Advent, Blog, Commentary, Open Window
As we look ahead to Advent, it almost feels as if nature is paving the way to that time, calling us to let the fading vibrancy of autumn go, and be open to the journey ahead. Change can be wonderful, but it can also be hard.
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Filed Under: 2024 Election, Commentary
The shrug also helps us to remember that good people may disagree and still be good people, and that most of us are doing the best we can, by such light as we are given.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist
The Eucharist, as the source and summit of Christian life, has much to teach us about waiting.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Worship & Sacraments
The solution for competing solemnities is to transfer the liturgical celebration of the non-Sunday holy day to the first subsequent available date. Thus, in the year 2024, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated in our liturgy on Monday, Dec. 9.
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Filed Under: Commentary
For those of us who have been united through baptism to the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the last day of each of our lives does not fade away into eternal night but opens onto a new day, at the height of which we will rest in the glorious splendor of the perpetual light of God, every moment of our lives on this earth held in his eternal memory.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist
As one of the perpetual pilgrims who traveled with him for the entire two months, I got to experience the adventure of a lifetime.
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Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Knights of Columbus, War in Ukraine
What emerged from their words was the indomitable will of Ukrainians not to give in to circumstances, to resist and begin again to rebuild what was destroyed, thanks in part to the vital support of the Knights’ organization and Caritas Ukraine.
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Filed Under: Bible, Commentary
Salvation history can be told through the questions that appear in Scripture.
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Filed Under: 2024 Election, Commentary
Like many, I was appalled at the dehumanizing words and lies spoken about migrants in the recent election, and the joy expressed about the threats to tear families apart by deporting hard working people hoping for citizenship. Words hurt.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window
The other day I was in a meeting at work. We were introducing ourselves to a group of people visiting from outside our organization. When it was time for one of my coworkers to introduce himself, he mentioned he had just started working there recently. The person leading the meeting laughed. He dismissed my new […]
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2024 Election, Commentary
While economics largely drove the result of this election, we Catholics understand that many cultural and social issues are far more important than decreasing interest rates and controlling inflation.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Uncategorized
The Catholic customs of praying for the souls of the dead, praying to the saints who have gone before us in earthly life, and of venerating relics are based primarily in the church’s long-standing tradition and theology rather than explicit scriptural “prooftexts.” However, the Bible does indeed allude to these practices.
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