August 17, 2025, the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time: There remains a glimpse of hope, according to this Sunday’s psalm, for those who wait in the Lord. But the readings also provide a meditation on lament before the realization of renewal or resurrection.
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Review: In and out of the Bible
In his new book, Michael Peppard suggests that Catholics “encounter” the Bible not just in the text but through worship, prayer, art, song and literature. This represents a uniquely Catholic way of internalizing and living out the sacred Word.
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Why Catholics need to resist the controlling narrative about the Assumption
Mary’s Assumption doesn’t appear in Scripture. But that doesn’t mean it’s just a human addendum to church teaching.
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A.I. will forever lack the hunger that is humanity
A Homily for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein
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Is reconciliation possible in the comments section?
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Sebastian Gomes
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Trusting like a child
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Ashley McKinless
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Remember where you came from
A Reflection for Saturday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by James T. Keane
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Love God. Love your neighbor.
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Dominic, priest, by Eric Gregory
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Faith can be measured by the standard of smallness
August 10, 2025, the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: This Sunday’s readings offer three different lenses to examine what is perhaps best left mysterious: how faith works within one’s tradition.
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The (love) language of dogma and doctrine
A Homily for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein