Like I Mean It

I know a non-Catholic who has been exposed to the Catholic faith pretty heavily for years, but who still has no interest in becoming a

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Michelle Burns

Do you know your neighbors?

Less than two weeks ago, my feet touched American soil for the first time since August.  After four months of non-stop, Spanish-speaking, purpose-packed, community-focused, Christ-centered

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Ink and Quill

The Truth of Fairy Tales

It may be a commonplace to call our age one that prides itself on freedom from the “miserable dark ages,” from obscurantism, superstition, and perhaps

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Godwin Delali Adadzie

Humility Still Matters

In our so-called enlightened society of the 21st century, many people keep making the unfortunate mistake of confusing humility for low self esteem, meekness for

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Nathan Kennedy

To be human, be Catholic

I WANT TO BET YOU that if you took a really good, hard, honest, and inscrutable look at your own heart, you would come to

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Elizabeth Hillgrove

Carrying Baby Jesus into Christmas Mass

Dust off the cameras and projectors, pull out the forgotten chairs, and unpack several dozen more sleeves of wafers: Christmas is almost here! With Christmas

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Anna Williams

Renewal

What has been is what will be,/ and what has been done is what will be done; / and there is nothing new under the

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Joseph Koss

Desire and Fear

Desire to be despised, rebuked, calumniated, forgotten, ridiculed, wronged, and suspected. Fear being esteemed, loved, extolled, honored, praised, preferred to others, consulted, and approved. There

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The Call of a Lifetime

You’re kneeling in prayer or sitting in a quiet space and you wonder what God has in store for you. Well i personally do not

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The Cross from the Creche

We received a very curious Christmas card. Mary is tenderly holding the sleeping Christ child, her veil a crimson red. Behind her is the cross,

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Nicene Guy

Beauty and Nature

It is almost inevitably the first question I am asked in any gathering with more than four of my relatives: “So, what is it that

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Books
Devin Rose

Donkey Bells

I’d like to introduce you to a woman who has been inspirational to my wife and I: Servant of God Catherine de Hueck Doherty. My

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Sarah Babbs

New Nazareths

On my personal blog, Fumbling Toward Grace, I”ve taken an Advent blogging break in order to focus more on adequate spiritual preparation for Christmas, and

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Leah Jacobson

Pray for us sinners

Last time I wrote here at Ignitum Today, I shared with you that I am expecting a new baby this spring and that I was experiencing the

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Calah Alexander

Believing in Santa

About this time of year, moms in all corners of the blogosphere pull out their boxing gloves and prepare to battle to the death to

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Allie Terrell

Sharing Your Faith From Afar

Like an increasing number of young adult couples, I’m in a long distance relationship. Although there are many unique challenges and joys of dating from

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