By Effie Caldarola
Over 26 studies have chronicled how gratitude can help you sleep better, experience less physical pain, spend more time exercising, improve your mood and generally lead a better life.
2/27/19
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By Elizabeth Foss
How about giving up noise and hurry? Give up the constant chatter that keeps you from ever being alone with your thoughts (or with your God) and give up the impulse to rush from one thing to the next without being fully present anywhere. In order to give up both noise and hurry in one fell swoop, spend this week considering what you are going to do with your cell phone for Lent.
2/27/19
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By Richard Doerflinger
The logic of the campaign for abortion is becoming clearer.
2/26/19
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By Elise Italiano Ureneck
The comedian's role has historically been one that offers a necessary reprieve, whether in the form of the clown, court jester or stand-up comic. But they also serve society by speaking aloud hard truths in a manner in which they can be received. The Shakespearean fools are anything but foolish, and the audience relies on them to convey the deeper meaning of a scene.
2/26/19
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By Catherine Zerbo
For just one moment, let’s take a step back and examine with fresh eyes the late-term abortion laws that are being proposed and passed.
2/21/19
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By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Years ago, when the Mass was in Latin (a language foreign to nearly every parishioner) it made sense to turn to private devotions during Mass to foster what you refer to as "spiritual communication" with the divine.
2/21/19
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By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Canonically and theoretically, a Catholic funeral Mass may be offered on most Sundays during the year.
2/21/19
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By Russell Shaw
The Lemon test has three parts — “prongs,” Burger styled them — any one of them capable of rendering a church-state interaction unconstitutional: a “legitimate secular purpose,” a primary effect that “neither advances nor inhibits” religion, and no “excessive entanglement” between government and religion.
2/19/19
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By Maureen Pratt
"Throughout my life, I wanted to be a mom, no question in my mind," said Maria Cataldo, a Catholic speaker and writer who has cerebral palsy. "But I was afraid for a very long time. I wondered, 'How am I going to take care of a baby? Carry a baby?' I was afraid I'd drop my baby."
2/15/19
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Stop judging
The Gospel this Sunday gives us one of the most popular lines of Scripture in the modern world: “Stop judging.”