Life
Matthew Heinrich

Beware what Crosses the Jordan

The following was a reflection I prepared for my prayer group, but I am also indebted to them for some of the insights that followed.

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Columnists
Megan Twomey

A Living, Changing Love

I remember taking our frozen wedding cake out on our first anniversary, only to discover it was not the same cake we had put in

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Spirituality
Jason Theobald

The Absurdity of Divine Love

“God was made man…If I could love a leper’s sores, couldn’t I love the boringness of Henry? But I’d turn from the leper if he

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Columnists
Lauren Meyers

It’s OK to be Bored

There is a growing nemesis in the world today: Boredom. I’m bored, accompanied by a pathetic sigh, is something every parent, teacher, minister, or anyone,

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Spirituality
Julie Machado

Celebrate Mediocrity

It is a dog-eat-dog world out there. And I wonder, how much do we let this affect our spiritual lives? Every TV show from Biggest

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Columnists
Nicene Guy

Faith and Mystery

“The things which we Christians embrace by divine faith, and which are not to be received except by divine faith, are humanly incredible. They are

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Spirituality
Fr. Edward Lee Looney

The Votive Candles

An elderly woman stands at the votive candle area and lights eight large candles. She says a prayer and then finds her place in the

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Life
Melissa Seilhan

The Cry of the Poor

Warning: This article deals with infant death and parent grief. Recently Travis and I found ourselves at the hospital at the orthopedic surgeon’s office again. This

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Columnists
Cristina Montes

A God-Centered Romance

“Choose someone God-fearing, and make God the center of your relationship.” When this advice was given in a talk for college students about dating and

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Columnists
Emily C. Hurt

On Bodies, Relics, and Canonization

Or: “Why We Need to Stop Fighting over Venerable Sheen’s Body” What would Venerable Sheen say about the public debate over the progression of his

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Mercy and Killing
Siobhan Benitez

ISIS, Just War, and the Words of Pope Francis

Christians have a complicated relationship with violence. Our founder (Christ) died by violence in absolute meekness—living out to the extreme his teaching that when confronted

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Columnists
Ryan Eggenberger

The Field Hospital Church? Maybe Not.

Healing Wounds Begins With Radical Love It’s a beautiful Autumn Sunday morning at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. The homily is over, the Creed has been

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Entertainment
Fr. Edward Lee Looney

Seven Vices of Sporting Events

I confess, I am an avid Packer fan; last year I went to the playoff game at Lambeau Field when the wind chill was 40

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Spirituality
Luke Arredondo

Free Will and the Little Way

This weekend, for the first time in a while, we didn’t have anything scheduled on Saturday.  To take advantage of that, my wife and I

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