Books
Guest Writer

Praying the Psalms

We are pleased to share an excerpt from Dr. James L. Papandrea’s book “Praying the Psalms: The Divine Gateway to Lectio Divina and Contemplative Prayer”

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Columnists
Fr. Joseph Gill

Do Catholics Believe in Ghosts?

Today let’s take up a thorny question that I am often asked – can people in Purgatory communicate with us? In other words, are ghosts

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Feasts
Fr. Joseph Gill

God’s Got This

One day a few years ago, I had just finished Mass when a parent of one of our youth group kids came up to me.

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Columnists
Nicholas Lye

God’s Unfolding Plan

Ask me 10 years ago if I‘d be a missionary, living on God’s providence, going wherever He sends, and I’d think you’re out of your

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Religion
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

God is Not an Ideology

God is not an ideology — nor is He reducible to a moral code. He is a community of Divine Persons and His Identity is

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Prayer
Guest Writer

Knitting in Adoration

Guest post by Katrina Fernandez, aka The Crescat. When I last went to Adoration, there was this adorable little old lady there knitting. After awhile,

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Apologetics
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

Pride, Fear and Lies

According to Aquinas, the sin of pride is always rooted in the proposition of a lie that generates a fear. So in order to address

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Spirituality
Mariella Hunt

Singing Over Me

I wrote this in my journal a while back, and thought I’d share. It might be a poem–I’m not sure. Saint Cecilia was obviously here!

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Life
Nicene Guy

The Culture War

In browsing through the latest headlines—and skimming the articles underneath them—I get the impression that the culture wars are anything but cooling down. Despite reports

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Prayer
Christina M. Sorrentino

Chaplet for Priests in Purgatory

“From the beginning the Church has honored the memory of the dead and offered prayers in suffrage for them, above all the Eucharistic sacrifice, so

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Spirituality
Fr. Edward Lee Looney

The Spirit of St. Charles Borromeo

In the opening collect for the Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo, the Church prayed, “Preserve in the midst of your people, we ask, O Lord,

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Prayer
AnneMarie Miller

Why Pray for the Souls?

Why should we pray for the souls in purgatory if we know they’ll go to heaven? I heard this question posed at a recent Theology

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Columnists
Fr. Joseph Gill

For All the Saints

This is a day in which we remember the thousands of canonized saints who made it – men and women, boys and girls just like

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Spirituality
Cristina Montes

Just Another “Halloween Debate” Article

Photo Credit: http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=26899   I never had a clear position on whether Catholics can celebrate Halloween. On the one hand, most Halloween parties I have

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Columnists
Kat Larson

Be Brave

Over the course of the past month, I have embarked on an intense spiritual retreat. I have often written about how the Lord has blessed

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