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Sailing These Seas Together
Back in May of 2024, a message came across my Facebook feed inviting interested readers to join in a new book club. “Let’s read all 21 books of the Aubrey/Maturin […]
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Holiness Is Forged in Revolution
When Pope Leo XIII penned Rerum Novarum in 1891, the world was caught in the gears of the Industrial Revolution. The smoke of factories darkened Europe’s skies, and the dignity […]
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The Gospel Calls Us to Rethink What Makes Us Rich
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Amos provides this weekend’s first reading. The book itself states that it was written during the reign of King Uzziah of Judah […]
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At the Center of It All, the Crucifix
Recently, as I was training altar servers, one asked an insightful question: “Father, why is there a crucifix on the altar.” It was a very good question. In fact, the […]
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How to Change Our Society in Crisis
We are a society in crisis. There is no other way to describe the fact that, in the past month, three young men, aged 16 to 23, have either killed […]
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Pope Leo’s Reflections on Holiness
One of the latest “firsts” of Pope Leo’s pontificate – this time, the pope’s first canonizations – took place earlier this month when he declared Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo […]
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True Joy Comes from Pursuing Holiness, Not Wealth
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time The first reading for this weekend is from the Book of Amos. This prophet, regarded as one of the Minor Prophets, was from Tekoa, a […]
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At Tor Vergata, the Wisdom of John Paul II, Leo XIV Intertwine
The sun set warm and golden over Tor Vergata University in the late summer of 2000. A crowd of more than 2 million young people pressed close to the barricades […]
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A Gift, but with an Expiration Date
Diagnosed in 1995 with the most aggressive form of brain cancer – known as glioblastoma multiforme – and given only a few months to live, Ben Williams, a professor of […]
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Keeping a Watchful Eye
“I finished it,” my 16-year-old son says as he emerges from the dark of the basement where he has been watching the 1995 film “Se7en,” a thriller about the seven […]
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In the Crucified Christ, We See the Saving Power of the Cross
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross The Exaltation of the Holy Cross supplants the observance of the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Book of Numbers provides the […]
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The Ultimate Crown: College Athletes Give Glory to God
In the early summer of 2023, three softball players from the University of Oklahoma sat in a postgame news conference after helping the Sooners win their record-tying third straight national […]