Religion
Guest Writer

Lessons from Monks for Men

By Harry Scherer, a writer at Clarifying Catholicism. Recently, I experienced the joy of joining eleven other young men from around the country for the

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Life
Guest Writer

True Freedom

Guest post by Br. Joseph Selinger, OP. Freedom does not come from the ability to move about, to go where one pleases, and determine our

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Family
Thomas Tan

A Child’s Prayer

Spirituality comes naturally to most children. From a young age, they feel an instinctive connection to other living creatures. They have no trouble believing in

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Health & Fitness
Guest Writer

Discernment

Guest post by Meg Hunter-Kilmer. 10 years ago I entered the convent. I quit my job, said goodbye to everyone I loved, and gave away

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Columnists
Erin Cain

Whom Will I Serve?

But he knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste and house will fall against house. And

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Columnists
Erin Cain

Created for Communion

Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and tested him, saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?” He said in

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Relationships
Rachael Johnson

Two to Polka: A Letter to My Brother

Someone taught our little Catholic college a traditional Austrian dance: the Sternpolka. The women would parade in a ring around the men with hands on

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Columnists
Kat Larson

A Friend

Last year, when I was living in New York and working at a truly horrible job, God graced me with several blessings in order to

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Columnists
Nicholas Lye

Finding God in Cooking Pasta

God taught me another lesson during another of my cooking episodes in the monastery. On one of our days off, I decided to make pasta

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Columnists
Birgit Jones

Shout Your Motherhood

Another Mother’s Day is upon us and with it come innumerable emotions. At the forefront, of course, is the beauty and blessing of cooperating with

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Columnists
Nicholas Lye

Total Dependence on God

One might think that after having to end a relationship, give up dreams of marriage, and spend 8 long years in the seminary to answer

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Columnists
Kat Larson

One Less Day From Dying Young

One of my favorite music groups back when I was in middle school was Match Box Twenty. The lead singer was Rob Thomas who eventually

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Columnists
Nicholas Lye

Another Calling

“Everyone whose life is righteous has been begotten by Him… we are already the children of God but what we are to be in the

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Life
Nicholas Lye

Honey Lemon Candy

A few weeks ago, I trial-tested a version of INDULGENCE with some friends from @burningbushcreativenetwork. From the Prayer through Food experiment, here’s what God revealed

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Life
Nicholas Lye

Discernment Without Labels

Recently, I realise how traditional categories of “vocation”, or “states of life”, can sometimes be a distraction or hindrance to discerning one’s vocation in life.

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