Columnists
Road to Emmaus, Part 1
The following is an excerpt from the manuscript of a novel I have been working on for a year and a half. “So you are
Ryan Kraeger
April 19, AD 2017
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Apologetics
The Church of Jesus Christ
To love and believe in Jesus is to obey Him.1 When one searches the Scriptures, it is readily apparent that Jesus established a Church founded
Jean Elizabeth Seah
April 18, AD 2017
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Art
It is Right and Just: Spending on Glorious Architecture
Truth is recognized by the beauty in which it manifests itself. Singapore’s Cathedral of the Good Shepherd was recently renovated after suffering massive cracks from
Jean Elizabeth Seah
April 7, AD 2017
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Columnists
The Humor of Miracles
When reading about the time Jesus awoke from His nap, calmed the stormy sea, and chastened His disciples for being afraid (Matthew 8:23-27), one just
Jean Elizabeth Seah
March 23, AD 2017
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Columnists
The Efficacy of Prayer: Not Just Nice Thoughts
The monastery ain’t a hideout. A mug wants to come in here, take the vows, he should come because he wants to open himself to
Jean Elizabeth Seah
March 22, AD 2017
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Columnists
What’s Cooler Than Getting Ashes on Your Forehead?
Ash Wednesday is a fairly busy day in many places. People cram into churches and receive ashes in the form of a cross (or a
AnneMarie Miller
March 21, AD 2017
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Columnists
Seeing God
Blessed are they that have not seen, and have believed. – John 20:29 A friend of mine was disappointed when he visited Nevers. There was
Jean Elizabeth Seah
March 14, AD 2017
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Masterpieces are Made by Many
He who has himself for a guide has a fool for a disciple. I had a lapsed Catholic friend who expressed skepticism about our devotion
Jean Elizabeth Seah
March 13, AD 2017
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Columnists
Sin, Slavery, and Identity
“Abuse (and the trauma that results from it) causes not only the anxiety of meaninglessness and the anxiety of guilt, but also the anxiety of
Jean Elizabeth Seah
March 7, AD 2017
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Columnists
When We Try to Touch God
Nearly every Sunday, I see it happen: During the Sign of Peace, parishioners near me smile and reach over to shake my baby’s hand. They
AnneMarie Miller
March 2, AD 2017
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Columnists
The Narrow Path Through Reality
Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are
Jean Elizabeth Seah
February 28, AD 2017
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Columnists
God Can Even Overcome Our Imperfect Parenting
“Things were in God’s plan which I had not planned at all. I am coming to the living faith and conviction that – from God’s
Thomas Clements
February 27, AD 2017
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Columnists
Understanding Our Dustiness
You are dust and to dust, you shall return. Each time I hear this phrase at Ash Wednesday, I think of a little prayer that
Larabeth Miller
February 24, AD 2017
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Columnists
The Inescapable Poorness
I remember I was walking down the hall one Sunday afternoon, after a very hectic lunch. On the third floor of the Mullen Home for
Larabeth Miller
February 20, AD 2017
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Columnists
Healer of Souls
Over the past week, the Gospel readings have contained many scenes of healing from Jesus’s public ministry. We know that Jesus performed many miraculous healings
Erin Cain
February 17, AD 2017
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Apologetics
Good Works: Why We Do Them
O my God, I am heartily sorry that I have sinned against Thee. I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of Heaven
Jean Elizabeth Seah
February 10, AD 2017
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Columnists
100% for God
But because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold, nor hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth. —Apocalypse 3:16 When Herod heard
Jean Elizabeth Seah
February 7, AD 2017
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Columnists
Order
Most of the liturgical year is comprised of “Ordinary Time”, when the Gospels follow the earthly ministry of Christ. This does not mean that the
Jean Elizabeth Seah
February 6, AD 2017
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Bioethics
Aging and Mortality
A somewhat recent article in Scientific America caught my eye: this one is about aging, or rather it is about reversing the effects of aging.
Nicene Guy
January 23, AD 2017
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Columnists
Laughing at Death
Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation. —Kurt D. Bruner, Kurt Bruner, Jim Ware, Finding God in the Lord of
Jean Elizabeth Seah
January 19, AD 2017
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Columnists
Water
God is closer to us than water is to a fish. – St. Catherine of Siena Water is weird. Have you ever had that thought?
Jean Elizabeth Seah
January 17, AD 2017
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