The virgin birth is the resurrection, being read into human sexuality
The Good Word
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On Gaudete Sunday, we are called to rejoice—despite the bad news.
Why is bad news so much easier to believe than the good?
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Mary shows us what Christ truly expects from Christmas
Have you ever noticed how many of our popular, secular Christmas songs are not about the day itself but rather about hope and longing as that date draws near?
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George H.W. Bush and the call of fruitful leadership
If you are wondering about those who lead you, ask yourself: Do they call you to something higher, something that demands your own growth?
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Advent is a time to face your fears
Praying in a time of fear is a bit like learning to ride a bicycle. It goes against the grain of fear itself.
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The Solemnity of Christ the King tells us time has a destiny
Something that happened more than 2,000 years ago will draw all of time, all of the longings of the human heart, into itself.
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Of all God’s creatures, why do only humans worry about the future?
In the life of every long-lived man and woman, the future flows into promise, then fades into peril and panic.
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100 years after the Great War, what can we say to an exhausted world?
The whole world may not be at war, but sometimes our personal worlds do collapse.
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Catholics have a purgatory (and imagination) problem
On the Feast of All Souls, we recall how different God is from us, how wonderfully alien the halls of heaven are.
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St. Monica’s gift to her son, St. Augustine: A love for the Eucharist
When we gather for Eucharist, we gather with Christ and with all of his saints.