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Who Am I— in Christ?

Oh, St. Anthony look around; something is lost and cannot be found. Or is it ‘someone’ is lost? Ever think about where you fit in a sociological sense or belong within the body of Christ? What role do we play in the coming of Thy Kingdom? Or, ever...

Michael Baglino
8 hours ago
Faith

Acknowledging Jesus By the Way We Live

Once there was a British story named Tom Brown’s School Days; it was about a very popular boy named Tom who was a student at an English boarding school. He and a dozen other boys lived in one of...

Fr Joseph Esper
1 day ago
Faith

We Are Never Alone

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for your selves. (Matthew 11:29) How can Jesus’ “yoke,” (i.e. his challenging teachings) be construed as “easy” and its burden “light?” Jesus’ yoke is...

Fr Dino Vanin
2 days ago

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Faith

God Wants to Welcome Us to Heaven

In 1925, a 65-year-old man collapsed and died outside a Catholic church in Dublin, Ireland. Having on him only a prayer book and a rosary, no one knew who he was until his sister came and identified him. It was...

Fr Joseph Esper
September 6, 2022
Faith

Mercy and Family Healing

Don’t give up!  Don’t give up!  Don’t give up! Don’t give up on your family. God’s love and mercy are bigger than your family challenges! No matter what your situation is with your family, whatever the circumstances...

Deacon Steve Greco
August 30, 2022
Faith

Again, Of Love and Other Demons

With cause I return to the scurrilously inflected Saint Cajetan of Thiene/Sister Laura Mignani allusion in Gabriel García Márquez’s virulently anti-Catholic, 1994 novel Of Love and Other...

John Cussen
Faith

The Jesuit Paideia

The early 20th century Catholic apologist, G. K. Chesterton, lamented about the sorry state of education. In his view, the main fact about education is that it does not exist. As he perceived it in England, there was...

William Borst
August 23, 2022
Faith

Gifts of the Spirit: Knowledge

This sixth essay will explore the Gift of Knowledge. This knowledge is not about how many degrees one has, how many facts one knows, or the prestige of one’s career. This Knowledge is about that which pertains to our...

Alexandra Bochte
Faith

My Witness During Covid

I purposely opted to name this experience as witness and not as a simple experience because what I am going to say has clearly been the work of God’s power! And certainly not mine, a sinner! I still remember the chapter...

Fr Mario Attard OFM Cap