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Managing the Growing Chorus of Opinions
As our children get older, the number of voiced opinions under our roof seems to be growing exponentially by the day. Blessing 1 wants to listen to one particular kind […]
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Christians Have Duty to Love Others – Even in Public Discourse
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Exodus provides this weekend with its first reading. In ancient Jewish tradition, Exodus came from Moses. Therefore, in a most special way, […]
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Permitting Enemies Comes with Rules – for God’s Sake and Ours
Since Oct. 7 – the date on which Hamas launched its attack on Israel – I have been trying to understand something incomprehensible. There is a lot that has happened […]
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Access to Your Newborn’s Blood?
Many parents and concerned citizens would probably be surprised to learn that their children’s blood samples are being accessed by law enforcement agencies without their knowledge or consent. In 2021, […]
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U.S. Politics Needs an Infusion of Aquinas’ Decency and Idealism
One needn’t be a big fan of U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy to see the California Republican’s ouster as Speaker of the House of Representatives as a significant low point in […]
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An Understanding of ‘Repay to Caesar What Is Caesar’s’
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time The second part of the Book of Isaiah provides this weekend’s first reading. The context is a very bad time for God’s people. The two […]
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Speaking Only to God or About God
In my home parish of St. Joseph in South Bend, we are blessed with the presence of the priests and brothers of the Congregation of Holy Cross, a religious order […]
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Why We Need to Cultivate a Eucharistic Worldview
“The one who sat on the throne said, ‘Behold, I make all things new’” (Rv 21:5). In the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, just before the distribution of holy […]
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Will Catholics Listen to One Another?
Listen to your Catholic sister and brother. Really take the time. Listening requires little; it also requires a lot. Listen. It is hard to make a case for communion if […]
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God Never Fails to Guide Us to Everlasting Life
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time The first part of the Book of Isaiah provides this weekend’s first reading at Mass. Understanding the cultural, social, political, and economic context surrounding the […]
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Why Is the St. Michael Prayer So Powerful?
Catholics of a certain age will remember reciting a set of prayers after Mass called the Leonine Prayers. Introduced by Pope Pius IX in 1859, the prayers were offered in […]
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So Much of Evangelization Depends on How We Sow
A writer and I were going back and forth about how the best devotional article won’t get as many readers as a political article by the same writer. Publish a […]