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Faith

10 Books on the Essentials of Catholic Thought

Catholicism has logic. Catholicism has reasoning. Catholicism has a way of life and of thinking. His way, not ours. Reading any one of the following would be of great spiritual benefit.  De Sales, St. Francis. 2010. An Introduction to the Devout...

Michael Baglino
2 hours ago
Faith

A Mystery Beyond Our Understanding

A religion teacher in a Catholic high school had been talking to her students about the Holy Trinity, and at the end of the class period she gave them an assignment. They had to write their answers to the question, “Which Person of the Trinity do...

Fr Joseph Esper
1 day ago
Culture

A Trojan Horse, Twenty-First Century Version

Remember the ancient story of the Trojan Horse? The Greeks filled a giant wooden horse with soldiers and left it outside the walls of their Trojan enemies, then sailed away. The Trojans, thinking the Greeks had given up battle, took the horse inside...

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
3 days ago

Recent Essays

Faith

A Mystery Beyond Our Understanding

A religion teacher in a Catholic high school had been talking to her students about the Holy Trinity, and at the end of the class period she gave them an assignment. They had to write their answers to the question...

Fr Joseph Esper
1 day ago

Reflections- From Our Archives

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Faith

Are We Up to the Challenge?

A U.S. Army chaplain was stationed in Europe, and one Sunday he said Mass for a group of American servicemen and women in a large cathedral; the them of his homily was: “Be proud of your Catholic faith, and don’t be...

Fr Joseph Esper
1 week ago
Politics

South of the Border

President Trump’s relationship with the two popes who have sat on St. Peter’s throne has been tenuous at best since he first became president. Their main bone of contention has been immigration. Not since the...

William Borst
2 weeks ago
Faith

The Ascension of Jesus Christ

It might be difficult to soar above what seems a rather prosaic description of the Ascension of Jesus Christ (cf. Acts 1:9) so as to benefit spiritually as much as possible from this solemnity and not forget what...

Fr Dino Vanin
3 weeks ago
Faith

Showing Our Love

This past week, I’ve been thinking about what a now-deceased friend told me about his dear mother. Each day, he would call her to wish her a good day, share with her what was going on in his life, and then leave...

Deacon Kurt Godfryd