Feasts
Kat Larson

Heartburn

Last week we celebrated the birthday of the Church — Pentecost. I am amazed I looked forward to this feast day so much; sometimes it

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Columnists
Fr. Joseph Gill

Called to Be Holy

A few years ago, I spent a week in Fatima on pilgrimage. It was beautiful to be there in such a holy place, where you

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Scripture
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

Restless Hearts

Our heart is constantly seeking a place to rest, and we know it needs rest, but where can our Spirit lay its head? The disposition

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Life
Kat Larson

A Love Story

St. John of the Cross introduced the concept of the “Dark Night of the Soul.” The assumption is that if someone endures such a “dark

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Spirituality
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

Root Ourselves in Him

Personas are probably one of the worst things that can poison one’s faith, inhibit discernment, and lead to errors.  When we identify, fundamentally, as anything

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Columnists
Kat Larson

Merciful Doubt

The new calendar year officially began in January and the new liturgical year started even before that. Nevertheless, the new Easter season seems to hold

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Feasts
Fr. Gerald Musa

Ministers of Mercy

My friend Fr. Cyril Ibeh of Sokoto Diocese calls the Sacrament of Confession a “Tribunal of Mercy.” He sees the spiritual exercise commonly known as

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Spirituality
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

Loving God

One of the errors I’ve run into is to believe that we only are to love those in need of love.  It’s a view that

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Fra Angelico
Feasts
Fr. Joseph Gill

Becoming a Saint

“…becoming a saint isn’t easy…just ask John Duns Scotus. Duns Scotus was a Scottish Franciscan priest and philosopher from the late 1200s. He was a

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Scripture
Fr. Gerald Musa

The Road to Glory

Glory is attractive, but the cross is repulsive; we love to arrive at a destination called glory, but we often reject the narrow and thorny

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Religion
Fr. Joseph Gill

Caught Doing Good

It was pouring rain as 14-year-old Tyrea Pryor stood under an overhang outside of a grocery store. He happened to notice an elderly lady in

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Scripture
Fr. Gerald Musa

Expectation and Vigilance

The people of Thessalonica were eagerly expecting the second coming of Jesus and it was their hope that Jesus would meet all of them alive

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