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A Tree Falls and is Noticed
I’ve never lost a tree before. Our property had three magnificent oaks, each more than a hundred, maybe 150 years old. Like J.R.R. Tolkien’s Ents, each had its own gravitas. […]
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Homosexual Men and Chaste Friendships
Catholic men facing same-sex attractions often struggle with how they are supposed to handle their homoromantic feelings. Some clearly understand that the Church invites them to order their feelings and […]
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Discipleship is Hard, but God Gives Strength for the Journey
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 14:25-33 The Book of Wisdom provides this weekend’s liturgy with its first scriptural reading. This book was written, according to scholars, in Alexandria by […]
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Stages of Persecution
With the recent article in The Atlantic linking the rosary to extremist gun culture, we see a gross misunderstanding in the nature of spiritual warfare and its true target, Satan. The rosary […]
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Our Catholic President and the Moral Issue of Our Time
On numerous occasions throughout his public career, President Biden asserted his personal belief as a Catholic that human life begins at conception and that abortion, therefore, is morally wrong. He […]
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Humility – one of the most treasured virtues
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 14:1, 7-14 “In the first reading, Sirach, the name of this book, derives from the name of the author, mentioned in the book. The […]
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Choosing Eternal Life with Jesus
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 13:22-30 The Book of Isaiah provides the first reading for this weekend. Isaiah is a fascinating book of Scripture, covering a long period of Hebrew […]
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Archie Battersbee’s Story Highlights the Risks Of Legal Euthanasia
Archie Battersbee’s life tragically ended in a London hospital on Saturday, Aug. 6, when the 12-year-old was removed from the critical life support his family legally fought to continue. Archie’s […]
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Honoring the Legacy of a (Priestly) Father and Friend
By Scott Warden Last summer, I wrote about my family’s friendship with Father Bill Sullivan, who had recently retired from being a pastor — our pastor — in the Diocese […]
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A Right to Contraception?
July 25 marked the 54th anniversary of St. Paul VI’s encyclical “Humanae Vitae,” reaffirming the Church’s teaching on contraception and openness to the gift of new life. Four days earlier, […]
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Our hope is in God’s eternal salvation
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 12:35-40 The Book of Wisdom is the source of the first reading for this weekend. Nighttime was when the Exodus began – the Hebrews’ […]
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When God opens doors
When a door opens before you, do you walk through? I’m not talking about metaphorical doors, but actual physical doors. Maybe the kind that are triggered by a sensor, or […]