Evil is real. But the power of goodness is greater. With Christ in us, and Mary with us, we dare to overcome evil with goodness and Godness.
Go to the heart of God
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, War in Ukraine, Wit & Wisdom
Wit & Wisdom
‘With great love’
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Catholic Review
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Vladimir Putin has chosen to inflict death. Can we use this as an incentive for us to choose life?
Measure of life: Goodness is here to stay
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Catholic Review
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Life reveals the basic goodness of people. Yes, there are cruel and ruthless dictators. There are people who resort to crime and violence. Fortunately, they are the exceptions. Most people live good and decent lives.
Do the next right thing
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Catholic Review
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Do the next right thing and chances are you’ll be doing God’s will.
Called to forgive, not condemn
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Respect Life, Wit & Wisdom
We pro-life people are trying to save lives. I’m not interested in condemning anyone who has had an abortion. Abortion is its own punishment.
Take back joy
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Catholic Review
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Of all the lines written and spoken about Christianity, the words of St. Athanasius always speak to me: “God became human so that humans could become God.”
Fundamentally good
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Catholic Review
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We are made in the image and likeness of God. And God came to earth in the person of Christ to remind us of who we are, and to empower us to live like God.
Modern miracle workers, part two
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Catholic Review
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You and I live in what any previous generation would call an age of miracles.
Modern miracle workers
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Catholic Review
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I suggest that we take some time in prayer to thank God for our various healing professions. I hope we will see them as expressions of God’s healing love and power.
What’s in a life?
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Catholic Review
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By the time this article appears, our friends, the cicadas, will have gone.
Back to basics
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Catholic Review
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Happiness is putting God first, and letting everything else go. I can’t say I have always done that, but I know that is the secret of happiness.
Fifty years a priest
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I invite you to celebrate this anniversary of my ordination by inviting God into the silence of your life, by reading the Scriptures and sharing in the Eucharist.
