Life
Open Your Eyes to Creation
A few weeks ago, I got the chance to leave the city for a few days to attend a retreat. It was a beautiful spring
Erin Cain
May 11, AD 2016
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Family
Amoris Laetitia, Beyond the Controversy
When Pope Francis issued his post-synodal apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, the mainstream media and major Catholic websites were all over it, highlighting the broad structure of
Luke Arredondo
May 10, AD 2016
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Life
How to be Happy
What is this existence within which we humans find ourselves? Every morning we wake up and perceive the world through our senses. A perception onto
Thomas Clements
May 3, AD 2016
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Career
Tactical Pause
Once upon a time, out near Texas somewhere, I was conducting a training exercise. It was a an IED response/mass casualty lane and one of
Ryan Kraeger
May 2, AD 2016
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Life
Schrödinger’s Family: An Open and Closed Case for Family Discernment
When our first son was born, we received hand-made stockings with our names on them for Christmas. I loved these stockings. They were well made
Lauren Meyers
April 26, AD 2016
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Life
“Too Perfect”?…Striving for Virtue
A while ago, I and a couple others were talking animatedly about the upcoming release of some highly-anticipated superhero movies. I mentioned Captain America (one
Kasia I.
April 23, AD 2016
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Life
The Trouble with Time
“I’m sorry—I just don’t have time!” How often have we heard words like these—and how often do we express this lack ourselves! At least, I
Marissa Standage
April 20, AD 2016
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Life
The Catholic Church is “Crunchy”, Too
God’s plan for us and His revelation that is passed down through the Church certainly touches on all human aspects of life, including politics, but is not a simple “left” or “right”.
Julie Machado
April 20, AD 2016
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Columnists
The Poor
The term “social justice” is one which is unfortunately polarized and even politically charged, thanks in no small part to the rise of the “Social
Nicene Guy
April 20, AD 2016
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Life
Superman and a 38-Year-Old Boy
From the onset, that’s what I always found in Superman and wanted for myself. No one was left unaffected. In that possible world, the scrawny and the bully, the beautiful and the broken, they all squint upward, crane their necks, and rise.
Nic Davidson
April 19, AD 2016
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Books
A Compassionate Saint for Our Times: A Review of Shaun McAfee’s “St. Robert Bellarmine”
At just ninety pages, Shaun McAfee’s recent volume, St. Robert Bellarmine (Proving Press, 2016), may not seem very significant at first glance. Yet, created in
AnneMarie Miller
April 18, AD 2016
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Columnists
Purity of Heart
“Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God.” – Matthew 5:8 For most of my life I thought that the “purity of
Amy Atkinson
April 15, AD 2016
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Health & Fitness
How to Pray When You’re Sick
Whenever I have a cold or stomachache, or when I’m feeling exhausted and overwhelmed, I struggle to pray the way I normally do. But I
Erin Cain
April 13, AD 2016
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Life
Mary, Mercy, and Me
I used to be jealous of Mary. Not because she has the fullness of grace and I don’t. Not because she has the immense privilege
Theresa Williams
April 5, AD 2016
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Life
The Right Kind of Fear
Remind me to get and read a good biography of Mother Angelica then next time I have a spare moment… As you probably know, Mother
Ryan Kraeger
April 4, AD 2016
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Jobs
Your Vocation is Your Mission
On the First Easter Sunday, Jesus appeared to the Apostles and said, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send
Thomas Clements
April 3, AD 2016
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Columnists
A Person’s A Person, No Matter How Small
My wife Jane and I have two little girls, Clare and Louise; Clare turns two this month and Louise is just over six months old.
Bernard Toutounji
March 27, AD 2016
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Life
On the Suffering of Christ
Maybe you can remember some of the most unpleasant feelings in your life. Heat so scorching that your skin burns, your head throbs, and any
Kasia I.
March 26, AD 2016
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Life
Redemptive Suffering
Conversion is the matter of a moment. Sanctification is the work of a lifetime (285). To reform. Every day a little. This has to be
Russell Brewer
March 24, AD 2016
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Columnists
Suffering: Unique Yet Common
The eminent twentieth century theologian Henri de Lubac writes in his Paradoxes of the Faith that there are two important truths to keep in mind
Nicene Guy
March 23, AD 2016
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Life
On Loving More
That’s the beautiful message of this gospel of life (evangelium vitae)–that our seemingly feeble attempts at love, our lackluster stutter steps not only make Him proud, but that His strength is most evident in my weakness.
Nic Davidson
March 22, AD 2016
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