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Life
Mary Proffit Kimmel

Rescue the Perishing

Now my soul is troubled.  And what shall I say?  Father, save me from this hour?  No:  for this purpose I have come to this

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Mary Proffit Kimmel September 5, AD 2015 No Comments
Married Life
AnneMarie Miller

Why I Love the Song of Songs

It seems like we rarely hear about the Song of Songs anymore. At Mass, we read from this book only a couple times of the

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AnneMarie Miller September 3, AD 2015 No Comments
Life
Erin Cain

The Urge to Undo

“It is impossible to describe the feeling that comes over you at such a time. The feeling that somehow, in an instant of time, everything

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Erin Cain September 2, AD 2015 No Comments
Columnists
Michele Chronister

The Grace of those 1980s Hymns

I was born in the mid-1980s, and the majority of my early faith formation happened in the 90s. There are many good things that came

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Michele Chronister August 17, AD 2015 17 Comments
Columnists
Nicene Guy

Evangelization and Hope

Why are we so bad at evangelizing the culture? I’ve seen this question pop up time and again, mostly in the context of asking why

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Nicene Guy August 11, AD 2015 7 Comments
Columnists
Sean Connolly

The Relevance of Worship

This coming Sunday is the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, and it was with a quote from the Secret Prayer of this Mass that the Fathers

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Sean Connolly July 21, AD 2015 No Comments
Life
Abigail C. Reimel

The Necessary Virtue of Hope

During any phase of transition, the importance of the theological virtues of faith and love are always emphasized. One is counseled to have faith that

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Abigail C. Reimel July 16, AD 2015 2 Comments
Art
Mary Proffit Kimmel

The World As Icon

One Christmas Eve I had the flu.  While my family went to Lessons and Carols, I wrote a poem about the pain Mary endured to

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Mary Proffit Kimmel June 20, AD 2015 2 Comments
Art
Abigail C. Reimel

Writing Within the Word?

Ever since childhood I was always taught to treat the Bible with a certain amount of respect.  This included never setting it on the bare

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Abigail C. Reimel April 3, AD 2015 9 Comments
Prayer
Abigail C. Reimel

Patience in the Desert

For forty days Christ suffered in the desert, fasting and depriving Himself of comfort, choosing to undergo hardship and temptation for the sake of teaching

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Abigail C. Reimel March 5, AD 2015 2 Comments
Dating
Abigail C. Reimel

When Waiting is Really Hard

In reaction to the increasing physical immorality spreading through society today, and in an attempt to counter the message  constantly being sold through advertising, movies,

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Abigail C. Reimel February 20, AD 2015 7 Comments
Columnists
Matthew Heinrich

Jesus Expelled

[An exegesis and reflection on Mark 1:40-45] In the readings this week we may consider the primary themes that of ‘expulsion’ and ‘re-entry.’ A man,

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Matthew Heinrich February 20, AD 2015 2 Comments
Prayer
Patty Hubbard

When Praying for a Stranger

Have you caught word of the powerful call to #prayforpaul over the last few weeks? I personally never actually met Paul Coakley, in all words

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Patty Hubbard February 4, AD 2015 No Comments
Prayer
Erin Cain

Spiritual Antibodies

“And hearing this, Jesus said to them, ‘It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did

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Erin Cain January 28, AD 2015 5 Comments
Prayer
Theresa Earleywine

Don’t Cry Over Spilt Green Chili

Arriving home from grocery shopping one afternoon, I sensed an imminent meltdown from my 9 month old son. He was overtired and still upset that

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Theresa Earleywine January 23, AD 2015 3 Comments

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