No saint (outside the Bible) is more associated with the festival of Easter than St. John Chrysostom.
How did St. John Chrysostom become the Easter saint?
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Signs and themes of Eastertide
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Just the name “Easter” brings thoughts of new life, springtime, of freshness, of the Resurrection. This is not only a day — not only a few weeks on the church calendar — but, for Christians, a way of life.
For Our Little Bird Hermione
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This weekend, we said goodbye to one of our little zebra finches, Hermione.
Simple Holy Week customs transcend cultures, continents
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From baking sweet breads to blessing baskets, Holy Week is full of long-standing traditions that transcend cultures and continents. The following list includes a quick overview of family favorites.
Snow White and the significance of fairy tales
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Filed Under: Commentary, Movie & Television Reviews
In retelling the fairy tales of bygone eras, filmmakers would do well to allow Snow White’s prince to come, Belle’s Beast to transform and Cinderella’s slipper to fit.
Question Corner: Why do we need confession if Jesus’ death cleansed us from our sins?
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We know that God is totally loving and merciful, and is always ready to forgive. And this is why Jesus left the church with the sacrament of penance, to provide a means for reconciliation after post-baptismal sins.
Worn out before God by the noisy, tiresome digital age
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God is good and full of mercy, with plans for us — plans of fullness, not of harm. Increasingly I feel called to serve that reality, to quiet down and let the frenzied world turn its terrible ways while in the grips of a chaos magic that has been increasing in its scope for many decades.
Surprise! It’s a…giraffe!
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Catholic Review
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A baby giraffe. A new little—well, not so little—life in the world. It was just the spark of joy this gray April day needed.
All that I am
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As Christians, we boldly speak the name of our Savior, and in doing so we both acknowledge him as God and dare to utter the divine name, for the word Jesus means “I AM saves.”
Exploring the principles of natural law and what they mean for human flourishing today
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OSV News’ Charlie Camosy recently spoke with Melissa Moschella, professor of the practice in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame’s McGrath Institute for Church Life and author of “Ethics, Politics, and Natural Law: Principles for Human Flourishing,” about the Catholic tradition surrounding this concept and its special importance and relevance in society today.
Rain and tears
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Filed Under: Commentary, Lent
As the rain falls softly, we know the lesson of Lent: that as we listen to God’s voice in our lives, we also stand on sacred ground.
All that we offer
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Lent, Open Window
When I make beef vegetable soup, I am incapable of making the right amount for our family of four. We always end up with extra. So, after I made a pot of soup this week, I texted my sister to see if she’d like some for her, her husband, and their six children. Treasa wrote […]
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