“And Nothing is very strong,” C.S. Lewis’s senior demon, Screwtape, advises his junior demon-nephew, “strong enough to steal away a man’s best years not in sweet sins but in a dreary flickering of the mind over it knows not what and knows not why.”
10/9/19
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By Sister Constance Veit
For American Catholics, October is Respect Life Month and this year’s theme is “Christ Our Hope: In Every Season of Life.”
10/9/19
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By Greg Erlandson
Charles Camosy is a most unusual pro-life optimist. Make that a Catholic pro-life optimist.
10/2/19
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By Joseph Arias
Among the many questions contained in St. Thomas Aquinas’ “Summa Theologiae,” this is one of the most practical and helpful for the daily living of our Catholic faith.
9/27/19
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By Fr. William Saunders
A recent Pew study reported that 72 percent of Americans believe in heaven, but only 58 percent believe in hell.
9/27/19
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By John Garvey
We began our football season with a loss in double overtime to Kenyon College, the alma mater of President Rutherford B. Hayes.
9/25/19
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By Elizabeth Foss
Homemaking is a craft; it is a holy offering. It is what we do when we take a white space and make it into a prepared environment that both quickens hearts and soothes bodies. Home is where the bounty of the earth becomes the substance and sustenance that genuinely fuels the life of a family. It is where the day begins in a quiet corner predestined for its holy task.
9/23/19
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By Greg Erlandson
The world reacted with horror and outrage earlier this year when a town in Poland marked Good Friday with a ritual beating of a Judas effigy.
9/18/19
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By Fr. James C. Hudgins
Nearly every parable of Jesus features a character who does something completely unexpected. Jesus then uses that unexpected plot twist to make his point. We have grown so familiar with Jesus’ parables that we rarely notice anything askew, but this week’s Gospel, the Parable of the Unjust Steward, contains a surprising twist that’s obvious to any reader.
9/17/19
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Gospel Commentary: Faith and gratitude
Human beings were built for faith in God. We were very intentionally fashioned by God to be in relationship with him.