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Reading Within Tradition
Reading Within Tradition
By Adam Crawford
Years ago, when studying various interpretations related to St. John's Revelation, I came across the following quote on the website of the Orthodox Church in America: "The Orthodox Church does not accept the notion that everyone can properly interpret the Bible as he or she wants. Some Protestant bodies believe in this, but Orthodoxy does not.
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She died saying, "Padre, perdónalos. Viva Christo Rey!" (Father, forgive them. Long live Christ the King!)*
She died saying, "Padre, perdónalos. Viva Christo Rey!" (Father, forgive them. Long live Christ the King!)*
By Larry Peterson
Throughout history there have many horrific tales of the persecution and martyrdom of Catholics. And, oftentimes, how many times have Catholic nuns stood tall for Christ staring death in the face and then embracing it for Him. These stories gush forth inspiration and the ladies who died defending their faith many times did so in the most horrible ways imaginable.
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How We Can Know That Mary was Assumed into Heaven
How We Can Know That Mary was Assumed into Heaven
By Tony Jesse
Welcome to mid- August. It’s hot outside. Kids and parents are gearing up for back to school and the Church celebrates an important holiday. The word “holiday” means “holy day” and that brings us to a significant holy day of obligation in the Church’s calendar – The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Remembering Kayla Mueller
Remembering Kayla Mueller
By John Mayer
There are many heroes in this world. Some are recognized in monuments and ceremonies, in awards and adulation, while others are not recognized at all. Though difficult to determine the number of humans who have walked the earth, it is safe to say that the majority have been buried and forgotten.
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Dunkirk, The Movie and The Miracle-Why See It?
Dunkirk, The Movie and The Miracle-Why See It?
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
Perhaps like me, you have scant knowledge about the early years of World War ll? Therefore, have never heard of the military disaster at Dunkirk and the miraculous civilian rescues of over 300,000 doomed British soldiers?
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Conflicting Theories of Law and the American Political System: A Commentary on Thomistic & Hobbesian Conceptions of Law & the American Republic (Part II)
Conflicting Theories of Law and the American Political System: A Commentary on Thomistic & Hobbesian Conceptions of Law & the American Republic (Part II)
By Ad Iesum Per Mariam
Surely few thinkers are more opposed to the Thomistic legal system than Thomas Hobbes. Hobbes’ disagreement with Aquinas is more than a surface level opposition; Hobbes posits a radically different human anthropology and metaphysics.
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This Filipino Teenager was Martyred "in odium fidei" (in hatred of the faith)*
This Filipino Teenager was Martyred "in odium fidei" (in hatred of the faith)*
By Larry Peterson
Pedro Calungsod was born in the Philippines sometime during July of 1654. He was a migrant child who was taken in by the Jesuits and educated at their boarding school in the Visayas section of the Philippines. This is where he learned his catechism and how to speak Spanish.
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Conflicting Theories of Law and the American Political System: A Commentary on Thomistic & Hobbesian Conceptions of Law & the American Republic, Part I.
Conflicting Theories of Law and the American Political System: A Commentary on Thomistic & Hobbesian Conceptions of Law & the American Republic, Part I.
By Ad Iesum Per Mariam
(This is the first part of a two part study comparing the concept of law as articulated by St. Thomas Aquinas and Thomas Hobbes and their influences on contemporary American legal theory and practice)
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Pope Saint Felix IV, Definer Of Grace
Pope Saint Felix IV, Definer Of Grace
By Debra Booton McCoy
Felix is actually only the third pope of that name, the one known as Felix II being an antipope. A native of Samnium, which is approximately where the Province of Benevenuto is today in southern Italy, all we know of Felix's early life is that his father's name was Castorius. He may have been the Deacon Felix, whom Pope Hormisdas sent to Constantinople in 519 to try to negotiate the schism.
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Getting Renewed at the Catholic Charismatic Renewal's Jubilee Conference
Getting Renewed at the Catholic Charismatic Renewal's Jubilee Conference
By Rose Cuervo
There will be times when the spiritual battle is hardest when the goal is closest or most advantageous. So I took two days and many cancellations and regrouping before finally landed on Pittsburgh on what would have been only a 5.5 hour trip, but I did get to the part of what I needed to hear.
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Day 80 – Spreading the Word
Day 80 – Spreading the Word
By David Vermont
Today we read Paul setting out on his second missionary journey. He immediately meets Timothy who is ½ Jewish and ½ Greek. Timothy had converted and Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him.
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Movie Review for Dunkirk
Movie Review for Dunkirk
By E.M. McCarthy
The war movie Dunkirk is a visual immersion into war and a massive evacuation of a stuck army. The British director, Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins, Inception) uses many techniques to explore the realities of the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940.
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Blessed Pierina Morosini: the Inspirational Patroness of Rape Victims
Blessed Pierina Morosini: the Inspirational Patroness of Rape Victims
By Larry Peterson
Most of us are familiar with the child saint, Maria Goretti, who, at the age of eleven, was brutally murdered defending her chastity. St. Maria was beatified by Pope Pius XII in 1947 and canonized a saint by him in 1950. She is the patron saint of chastity, rape victims, teenage girls and forgiveness.
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Martyred for Painting a Nativity Scene
Martyred for Painting a Nativity Scene
By Larry Peterson
Thank you Founding Fathers. You have truly left us Americans blessed. I am a Catholic and I went to Mass this morning without a care in the world. For many Catholics, the world over this has not always been the case.
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St. Kateri Tekakwitha
St. Kateri Tekakwitha
By E.M. McCarthy
I smell the wax burning. The purity of bees’ wax calms me. I recall that as a small cian, I sat by the fire during the long winter months, and shivered as the wind spoke to the clouds in loud gusts. The flames of the oetseira comforted me then. Now the candle’s flames remind me we do not walk alone on the earth. The Spirit is here with me.
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Simon Peter, the Rock and the Pope
Simon Peter, the Rock and the Pope
By Ken Litchfield
The Pope is the visible head of the Church that Jesus left behind after He ascended into Heaven. Most of us know that Jesus said “You are Peter and on this Rock, I will build my Church” It is in Matthew's Gospel chapter 16 verse 18. Catholics see this as Jesus ordaining Peter as the first Pope, but non-Catholic Christians say that Jesus was talking about Peter’s Faith not his Office.
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Pope Saint John I, The Negotiator Who Would Not Compromise
Pope Saint John I, The Negotiator Who Would Not Compromise
By Debra Booton McCoy
Pope John I was not, foremost, a negotiator. He was a priest who upheld orthodoxy. He was killed for his orthodoxy.
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