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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Books
Guest Writer

The Roots of Christian Civilization

We are pleased to share an excerpt from the introduction of Fr. Brian Mullady’s new book with Sophia Institute Press, “The Roots of Christian Civilization.” 

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Books
Abigail C. Reimel

Five Books for Summer

Summer officially started last week, which means the annual sale on beach paperbacks has begun.  But since many of the quick-read bestsellers are not exactly

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Scripture
Fr. Joseph Gill

The Case for Christ

In the late 1970s, a journalist named Lee Strobel was at a crossroads. He was born and raised an atheist, and his wife was one

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Life
Guest Writer

When God Wrongs Us

Guest post by Melvyn Foo, Singapore. Talk to me about the truth of religion and I’ll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of

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Spirituality
Fr. Joseph Gill

The Power of Silence

Once a farmer lost his pocketwatch while working in his barn. It had been given to him by his grandfather, and so had great sentimental

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Religion
Fr. Gerald Musa

Exercising Patience

Often we pray for the gift of wisdom, but we forget that wisdom is the companion of patience. These two cannot be separated. A proverb

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Religion
Fr. Gerald Musa

Humility

Can you define the word humility in your own words? Every religion and culture preaches or encourages humility, but philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche refers to the

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Columnists
Jean Elizabeth Seah

Loneliness & Communion

Loneliness has two faces. One is human loneliness, and the other is loneliness for the divine. “My heart shall not rest until it rest in

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Prayer
Cristina Montes

#PrayForTheWorld

It has become harder and harder to keep track of the places to #prayfor with so much violence occurring all over the world within a

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Columnists
Nicene Guy

Suffering: Unique Yet Common

The eminent twentieth century theologian Henri de Lubac writes in his Paradoxes of the Faith that there are two important truths to keep in mind

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Columnists
Nicene Guy

Morality and Love

What purpose does morality serve? This is a question I have been given reason to consider from time to time—in particular as I live in

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Columnists
Steven Jonathan Rummelsburg

Are You Happy?

One thing all humans have in common is that we all want to be happy. In America, it is enshrined in our Declaration of Independence

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Bioethics
Nicene Guy

The Trouble with Transhumanism

Transhumanism is a desperate belief system that grasps at technological straws. But the raw desperation in that grasping has the potential–like all Utopian movements–to unleash

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Art
Mary Proffit Kimmel

The World As Icon

One Christmas Eve I had the flu.  While my family went to Lessons and Carols, I wrote a poem about the pain Mary endured to

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Columnists
Chelsea Houghton

Desperately Seeking Community

Disclaimer: This piece is written in the style of a senior demon, Screwtape, to his nephew a junior demon, Wormwood. This is based on C.S.

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