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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 […]

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Synod and Family, the Communication Skills are the Same

For almost two years, the Church has been actively engaged in a process of listening and discernment. Maybe you participated in synod conversations at your parish, maybe you didn’t. Maybe […]

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By Disobeying God, We Are Rejecting His Offer of Salvation

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time The first section of the Book of Isaiah is the source of this weekend’s first reading. The prophet speaks directly to the people. He speaks […]

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Dropping to Our Knees Instead of Dropping Out

“The Lord must love you very much,” a wise friend recently encouraged me. I’d just shared with her that a close relative of mine was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. My […]

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If You Call Angels, They Will Come

Parents are all too familiar with the sort of anxiety that can subconsciously nag at you all day long, before really kicking in at night. While we’re up and about […]

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Anticipating Pope Francis’ Follow-up to Laudato Si’

Eight years have passed since the release of Pope Francis’ groundbreaking encyclical Laudato Si’. The document has undeniably contributed to raising awareness of environmental issues within the Catholic community and […]

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We All Can Write a Chapter in the Story of God’s Forgiveness

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Book of Ezekiel provides this weekend’s first reading. Pivotal in Jewish history was the time spent by Hebrew captives, and by their descendants, in […]

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Synod Sojourn: Listening for Simple Whispers of the Spirit

For many Catholics, Pope Francis’ decision to call for a synod on synodality is akin to the boss calling a meeting to discuss meetings – more likely to earn a […]