Columnists
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

Acquired Virtues

According to St. Thomas Aquinas, natural virtue (justice, prudence, temperance and courage, and all the subset virtues) are acquired virtues. Acquired virtues are those good-habits

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Prayer
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

Essentials to the Spiritual Life

Aristotle teaches that “definition” is the first act of the intellect when constructing arguments or seeking to even understand. Now to The Philosopher, definition was

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Spirituality
AnneMarie Miller

Are We Making Peace a Priority?

I am a recovering control freak. For much of my life, I would be anxious about the future. I would succumb to stress or overthink

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Feasts
Fr. Gerald Musa

Saints as Role Models

We have heroes, models, favorite actors, artistes and celebrities. Sports-lovers like to wear clothes and kits that have the autographs of their sport heroes. They

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Religion
Fr. Gerald Musa

Self-Sacrifice

Once upon a time, there was a man who was thrown into prison for publishing a comment about a bad government. His name was Maximilian

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Life
Julie Machado

St. John Vianney and the Necessary

My husband and I know a wonderful priest, who we are blessed enough to call our spiritual director/confessor, who has really shown us God’s unconditional

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Religion
Rachana Chhin

She Has Loved Much

Today on July 22nd the Church celebrates the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene. Mary Magdalene has been one of the most misunderstood and closely scrutinized

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Christ and the Rich Young Ruler, Heinrich Hofmann (1889)
Life
Noel Ethan Tan

Jesus and the Rich Youth

Mark 10:17-27 The Gospel on the rich young man is rich with meaning. It is noteworthy to point out that Jesus still loved the youth

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Mary
Mary Proffit Kimmel

July, Month of the Sacred Blood

The heart of Jesus has made this adorable Blood circulate in His limbs; wherefore, as on the feast of the Sacred Heart, the Gospel presents

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Politics
Emma King

America: Individually Set Apart for Holiness

Rather than view the American emphasis on individuals as a prideful perspective that promotes hubris, I believe the American emphasis on the individual is not only compatible with our faith, but is incredibly Catholic….Why? Because, when we stop and look at it, we must agree that God is all about the individual.

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