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The Holy Spirit’s Seven Gifts to the Soul

August 4, 2023

One of the best analogies given in years past describing the Presence, Power and Perfection of the Holy Spirit is a sailboat. This was before electricity, motor-driven vehicles, or the electronic world. The sailboat is an analogy used in the Middle Ages or earlier. Imagine

Simple, Binding Gifts

August 4, 2023

I find a common confusion in the use of the phrase “free gift.” Someone gives a free gift, properly speaking, if he was not bound to give it. No legal constraint or moral obligation or physical coercion dictated the gift. The giver gave it freely,

Naturally, the Mother of the Son of Man is Called Woman

August 2, 2023

In the four Gospel accounts, Jesus refers to himself as the Son of Man over 80 times. But the term did not originate with Jesus. It is used 107 times in the books of the Old Testament. It is clearly a messianic title in the

The Culture of Death and the Practice of Everyday Life

August 1, 2023

One enduring question facing the Church is how to engage the modern world. Gaudium et Spes called for a new era of openness and dialogue,[1] while Pope Paul VI warned that “the split between the Gospel and culture is without a doubt the drama of our time,

A Practical Guide To The Works Of Mercy

July 27, 2023

One of the lamentable pendulum swings in the Church today is to associate the works of mercy we are commanded by the Lord throughout scripture to perform with the “SJW” camp. It’s not an unmerited reaction: at the small CINO college where I used to work,

’86 Mets Hero Mookie Wilson Talks Faith, Family And An Unlikely Friendship

July 25, 2023

Mookie Wilson’s ground ball in the bottom of the 10th inning that skipped through first baseman Bill Buckner’s legs and into the outfield during Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, allowing Ray Knight to score the winning run, has been called a lot of

Rethinking Vocational Discernment

July 24, 2023

Nearly everyone reading this has probably heard something on the subject of vocational discernment. For those accustomed to Catholic terminology, these words may evoke images of a retreat for young people praying to find their path in life, or a novena asking for divine guidance

Why I Pray: My Journey Into The Power and Purpose of Prayer

July 24, 2023

Prayer is as natural to a human person as is breathing, eating, sleeping and loving. For the philosopher, the poet and every human person, prayer is a connection to awe and wonder, and to all that is true, good and beautiful. Prayer opens the individual

How devotion to the Mother of God helps us to better know God as ‘Our Father’

July 19, 2023

Carol Kellas, writing from Croydon to the Times’ Letters page recently commented on the exciting idea pitched by the Anglican Archbishop of York that the Church should re-think calling God our “Father”. The Most Rev. Stephen Cottrell wanted to represent those people who had had poor

Grieve the Catholic Way: Seek Heavenly Help Through Sorrow and Trauma

July 18, 2023

On the backside of happiness is grief — an emotion that we can’t completely avoid or prepare for. To explore its facets, a mother of a daughter with disabilities, a priest who has written about how the saints met challenges, and widower/exorcist priest shared their

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Spiritual Experience & Disciplines

The Holy Spirit’s Seven Gifts to the Soul

Simple, Binding Gifts

Naturally, the Mother of the Son of Man is Called Woman

The Culture of Death and the Practice of Everyday Life

A Practical Guide To The Works Of Mercy

’86 Mets Hero Mookie Wilson Talks Faith, Family And An Unlikely Friendship

Rethinking Vocational Discernment

Why I Pray: My Journey Into The Power and Purpose of Prayer

How devotion to the Mother of God helps us to better know God as ‘Our Father’

Grieve the Catholic Way: Seek Heavenly Help Through Sorrow and Trauma

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