(And what the Gospel says we should do instead)
Simcha Fisher
Simcha Fisher is a speaker, freelance writer, regular contributor to The Catholic Weekly and author of The Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and 10 children.
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The case for accepting some clutter in your life this Christmas season
It is always a losing game to chase a simply stated lifestyle. Life is not simple. Life cannot be organized.
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‘Wonder’ is sappy and predictable, but you should take your kids anyway.
‘Wonder’ is a tween melodrama on a mission of mercy.
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The secular world has turned Thanksgiving into madness.
We hear so much about how stringent the church is, how unreasonable in her strictures, how strict in her unreasonableness. But there is no institution so unforgiving as the secular world at this, the most wonderful time of the year.
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What would Jesus do about Artificial Intelligence? Become more human.
It is not technology we should fear. It is ourselves.
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What your kids get from Mass—even when they’re not listening
Everybody feels like they’re no good at least some of the time. Everybody feels, at some point, like no one is listening. But in Christ, everything good, true and beautiful is worth expressing, even if no one seems to hear.
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When you’re tempted to be like the Prodigal Son’s older brother, remember this
Christ freely chose to pour out his lifeblood for the salvation of that frivolous young punk, mankind.
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Why you should care about the gluten-free Communion fight—even if you eat wheat
It is not always as easy spiritually to receive Communion as it is physically.
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The church is a big tent. But it does have walls.
The Body of Christ is kind of a mess, but by God, at least we’re all headed in the same general direction.
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I thought Good Catholics didn’t need therapy. Then I went.
I was Catholic. You pray, you receive the sacraments, you imitate the saints. What more guidance do you need?