By Fr. Steven Oetjen
Our first parents were tempted by the serpent in the garden and fell. Genesis tells us three reasons why disobedience to God looked so attractive to them. Eve saw that the tree “was good for food,” it was “a delight to the eyes,” and it was “to be desired to make one wise” (Gen 3:6).
2/25/22
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By Shannen Dee Williams
As a public-facing historian of Black women, I have always relished the fact that Black History Month and Women's History Month are successive in the United States.
2/18/22
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Note to self: Wake up about the same time every day. Say a morning offering upon rising. Do not go straight to your phone or computer. Dress for work, just like you would when you had to go into the office. Smile at the child of God in the mirror who has been given another day to know, love and serve him — and your loved ones.
2/10/22
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By Meghan Bartlett
With the Beijing Olympics on everyone’s minds these days, it felt like the perfect time to drive out to an ice rink and speak with two Olympic hopefuls, a brother-sister ice dancing team.
2/10/22
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By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. What is the Catholic view on whether there is an actual, literal hell? A lot of people, including some who are Catholics, while they believe in an actual, literal heaven, say that hell is simply death. (Indiana)
2/10/22
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By Russell Shaw
The recent comment by Pope Francis that people who have pets instead of children are, sometimes at least, manifesting selfishness brought predictable howls from pet lovers and those who felt he was treading on their sacred right to do whatever they please. But along with unintentionally giving media the sort of juicy flap over trivia that they relish, the pope was identifying a grave and growing problem for nations around the globe.
2/10/22
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By Joseph M. Rampino
Gospel Commentary Feb. 20, lk 6:27-38
2/10/22
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By Elizabeth Foss
“Must you continue to be your own cross? No matter which way God leads you, you change everything into bitterness by constantly brooding over everything. For the love of God, replace all this self-scrutiny with a pure and simple glance at God’s goodness.” — St. Jane Frances de Chantal
2/10/22
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By Richard A. Miserendino
GOSPEL COMMENTARY Feb. 13, Lk 6:17, 20-26
2/10/22
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One of the most powerful realities in the New Testament is the transformation of the lives of those who looked upon Jesus with love and faith. Minds were changed, bodies were healed, sins were forgiven, hearts were set on fire, new missions were embraced — and the world has never been the same.