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Why Advent Ends with Joseph: Fourth Sunday of Advent
On this last Sunday of Advent, our Gospel calls us to reflect on Joseph, not Mary or Jesus. Why?…
Choose Simplicity This Christmas – Catholic…
As I drove through the neighborhood after dropping my daughter off for a babysitting job, I saw a…
Study and Prayer: Our Soul’s Strength and…
At a recent Lay Dominican meeting, we discussed the importance of studying the life of St. Dominic,…
Grace and Cooperation: How Christ Finishes What He…
Many Catholics struggle with a persistent, sometimes invisible anxiety: the fear that their lives…
If Adam and Eve Were Perfect, Why Did They Sin?
Several years ago, I took a theology class, and I asked the professor the following question: If…
Defending Truth: Joy Doesn’t Come From Comfort
What did you go out to the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind? What a great…
Facing Our Insecurities and Having the Ears to Hear
“He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” (Mt. 11:15) This line stuck out while meditating on…
The Unbounding Merits of Spiritual Slowness
The Italian idiom Per fare San Pietro c’è voluto tempo (“It took time to build St. Peters”) is the…
Truly Repent this Advent Season
John the Baptist had a grim message for the Pharisees and Sadducees who came to receive his baptism:…
Adelaide of Burgundy: The Sainted Empress
There’s a peculiar temptation today to imagine medieval courts as grim theaters dominated by cruel…
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