History and Ash Wednesday illustrate a mutual truth: Ideas are much easier to suggest than to suppress.
Spirituality
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Catholics love Lent. How can we keep them coming back for more?
Each Ash Wednesday, our pews are overflowing. How can we turn our Lenten promises into a dialogue with those who might not usually attend Mass outside of this day?
Posted inFaith, Ideas
Marketing isn’t a dirty word in church: Why we should be comfortable ‘selling’ spirituality
Traditional Catholic networks have evaporated, and professional marketing of our faith is needed to fill the void.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Sex, drugs and God at Burning Man
For someone with the right ears and eyes, Burning Man provides opportunities to become more engaged and more intentional in faith.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
You can’t pick and choose which of God’s creatures to love
A Homily for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Terrance Klein
Posted inFaith, Speeches
Pope Francis: Evangelizing is about showing Jesus, not talking about Jesus
Pope Francis explains the passion for evangelizing, which means that the disciples simultaneously stay with Jesus and go forth, having been sent by him.
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Rihanna’s Super Bowl performance put the power of pregnancy center stage
The singer’s halftime performance illuminated some of the tensions experienced by pregnant women in the public eye.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Catholics: You don’t have to feel bad about reading romance novels
The genre that spawned “Bridgerton” is perhaps the least Catholic type of fiction available today, but its relationships are more Catholic than expected.
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Maybe God does care who wins in sports. And what’s wrong with that?
Is it sound theology to think God was on one’s own side after a victory? Who can capture the mind of God; do we know that he doesn’t care who wins a game?
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The death of a good monk: Celebrating Brother Joseph’s simple and holy life
Brother Mary Joseph lay in state at Mepkin Abbey, his simple funeral liturgy soon to begin, fitting for a man who lived a simple life at the South Carolina Trappist monastery.