Columnists
Noel Ethan Tan

Walking on Water

When Christ walked on water, it must have truly been both a baffling and amazing sight for the apostles. I am sure both fear and

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Columnists
Fr. Joseph Gill

Bear One Another’s Burdens

At one particular Catholic school where I taught, one day I was walking through the school when I saw one of the fifth-grade boys with

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Columnists
Erin Cain

Appealing to Mercy

After Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples and eaten breakfast with them, he said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love

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Columnists
Noel Ethan Tan

Endless Love

The love Jesus had for all of us is incomprehensible and unbelievable. Indeed, Jesus literally absorbed every evil into Himself to set us free from

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Columnists
Jean Elizabeth Seah

You Are Not Your Sin

In a fit of frustration and anguish (due to my own actions, or lack thereof), my husband did something drastic that he had never done

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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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Apologetics
Noel Ethan Tan

Corpus Christi

Exodus 24:3-8, Psalm 116, Hebrews 9:11-15, Mark 14:12-26 Protestants disagree with Catholics that Holy Communion once consecrated by an ordained priest is the REAL substantial

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Columnists
Erin Cain

Love One Another

Jesus said to his disciples: “This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay

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Columnists
Kat Larson

A Whole New World

“A hundred thousand things to see I’m like a shooting star I’ve come so far I can’t go back to where I used to be

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Columnists
Noel Ethan Tan

Iron Man & Conversion

Only one word comes to mind when I think about Iron Man: Conversion. At the beginning, who was Iron Man? He was a self-absorbed, narcissistic

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Columnists
Fr. Joseph Gill

God’s Service

This past summer I had the privilege of taking a group of boys and their fathers to Rome for a pilgrimage. One day, after walking

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Columnists
Noel Ethan Tan

Hawkeye & Revenge

Thanos’ snap caused something in Hawkeye to snap as his family turned to dust. Hawkeye changed from a loving husband and father to a nihilistic

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Columnists
Erin Cain

A Posture of Humility

This week, I helped facilitate the confession line for a group of middle-schoolers. Many were nervous; several had not gone to confession in years. I

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Columnists
Kat Larson

Take Away the Sting

On Easter Sunday at Mass, our priest told a story of a little boy who went for a drive with his father. During the drive

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Columnists
Noel Ethan Tan

Mystical John 21

John 21 is one of my favorite chapters because it has so much mysticism behind its powerful symbolic references: Simon Peter said to them, “I

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Columnists
Erin Cain

God in Our Midst

When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there, but did not know it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why

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Columnists
Noel Ethan Tan

Paradoxes

A friend once shared his experience on the birth of his first child. What stood out most for him was a mysterious combination of pain

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Columnists
Erin Cain

Hidden Fruits

He went back across the Jordan to the place where John first baptized, and there he remained. Many came to him and said, “John performed

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