Dating
Cristina Montes

Romantic Thoughts for Ash Wednesday

“Terminate torment Of love unsatisfied The greater torment Of love satisfied.” — T.S. Eliot, Ash Wednesday Can Catholics celebrate Valentine’s Day this year, considering that

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Columnists
Erin Cain

A Heart Contrite and Humbled

My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit; a heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn. —Psalm 51:19 The disciples of John

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Religion
Fr. Joseph Gill

Good to the Last Drop

It’s funny how your life can change in an instant with something that seems so small, so insignificant. In 1906, a 12-year-old Polish boy named

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Religion
Fr. Joseph Gill

Death to Self

People often ask me, “Why do priests wear black?” If I’m feeling sarcastic, I usually respond with something like, “It makes us look thinner” or

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Columnists
Erin Cain

Lamentation

Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you when you were young; I will set up an everlasting covenant with you, that you

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Mary
Mary Proffit Kimmel

Joy in Solitude

For all eternity we will be with God, so we should accustom ourselves to his presence.  If we want to attain heaven, we must train

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Health & Fitness
Erin Cain

Beyond My Comfort (Food) Zone

It is very appropriate, I think, that I received my diagnosis of wheat and milk allergies during Lent, three years ago. After all, I was

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Columnists
Matthew Higgins

Making Every Friday “Good”

Easter is coming; fast! I mean the action, not the adjective.  It’s a command. Once Easter comes, it seems, we forget about this wonderful act

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Religion
Elizabeth Hoxie

Feasting for Grinches

A monk friend of ours likes to complain, jokingly, about the incredible inconvenience of the Liturgy of the Hours. When you are feeling bright and

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