Life
Fr. Gerald Musa

Easter: Resurrection from Death

Very often we assume that we understand the mystery of death and resurrection. Sometimes, children pose some basic questions to us about death and resurrection

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Life
J.R. Baldwin

They Call Today “Good”

Every Triduum, starting with Maundy Thursday through Easter Sunday, I re-read T.S. Eliot’s “The Four Quartets”. It is four of his best poems, and for

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Life
Ryan Kraeger

Lent: A Time for Building Habits

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.” ― Will Durant Thus Will Durant sums up Aristotle’s theory

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Columnists
Nicene Guy

Temptation and Lenten Penance

During the Lenten season, we seek to turn back from sin and to God. Each of the practices of Lent—prayer, fasting, and almsgiving—helps us to

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Family
Michele Chronister

The Sensitive Child and Lent

Lent is one of my favorite times of the Church year. There is a lot of richness in these forty days, and so much opportunity for

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Columnists
Nicene Guy

Lent and Love

What is the point of the Lenten sacrifices [1]? Why do we fast on some days, abstain from meat on others, and then also give

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Columnists
Noel Ethan Tan

Silent Retreat: Prayer

Spending 2.5 days in silence was certainly a new and enriching experience for me and my spiritual life. I wrote and read so much, it’s

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Columnists
Kat Larson

Surprising Blessings

“Remember the days past when, after you had been enlightened, you endured great contest of suffering… Therefore, do not throw away your confidence; it will

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Life
Christina M. Sorrentino

On Catholic Homeschooling

In the ever-evolving landscape of education, many Catholic parents are choosing homeschooling as a means to weave their faith into the fabric of their children’s

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Politics
Nick Chui

Jacobinism vs. Radical Love

Word of the day: Jacobinism In the Tintin book The Shooting Star, Tintin was locked in a desperate race with the crew of the Peary

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Life
Kat Larson

Deactivated

While I was growing up, I developed a serious case of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out). I never really fit in with the group of

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Politics
Ryan Kraeger

Conspiracy vs. Conversion

I understand why people want to believe the Q-Anon thing: It is easier and more comforting to believe that the evil is out there, organized,

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