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No Evil Can Defeat the Goodness of God

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Daniel provides the first reading this weekend. Michael, the “great prince” of the angels, is the center of attention. He is one […]

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Thoughts from the Synod

I returned just a few days ago from the second session of the Synod of Bishops on synodality in Rome, and I will confess to feeling a tad exhausted. As […]

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Catholics and the Next Four Years

Former President Donald J. Trump, defeated after his first term in November of 2020, is once again President-elect Donald J. Trump – a feat only one other man has pulled […]

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In Humbly Giving Ourselves to God, We Show Our Trust in Him

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time The First Book of Kings furnishes this weekend’s first reading from the Scriptures. Political governance, in the minds of the ancient Hebrews, was not the […]

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Master of All the Saints

“Who do you say that I am?” It’s the question Jesus posed to the men closest to Him, the one Peter answered with an unequivocal confession of faith in Him […]

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This Old House: Catholic Edition

There was a time when Katherine Louise DeGroot didn’t consider quiet suburbs or small towns. She was a city girl, thank you very much, and it suited her work as […]

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Men Behaving Beastly

“Why do men become beasts?” The question was asked by South African Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale. In a speech last August, he was warning men that they will be held […]

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Scripture Consistently Reminds that God Alone is Perfect

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Deuteronomy is the source of the first reading. One among the first five books of the Bible, Deuteronomy contains for Jews the […]

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What All Souls’ Day Is All About

“This mountain’s of such sort that climbing it is hardest at the start; but as we rise, the slope grows less unkind.” The speaker is the Roman poet Virgil, Dante’s […]

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‘I Believe in the Communion of Saints’

Every time we profess the Apostles Creed, we say these words: “I believe in the Communion of Saints.” It’s a short little phrase that we can seemingly pass through rather […]

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Catholic Hospitals and ‘Gender Reassignment’ for Minors?

In October of 2024, a group known as Do No Harm released the Stop the Harm Database (STHD), a searchable internet resource that comprehensively catalogs sex change treatments performed between […]

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In All Things, Turn to God to Seek His Guidance

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Jeremiah provides this weekend’s first reading. A few facts about Jeremiah are known from the book itself. He was from Anatoth, a […]