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Conditional Baptism: What It Is and When It Is Administered
Conditional Baptism: What It Is and When It Is Administered
By Odey Moses
What is Conditional Baptism
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Can a Convert be a “Real” Catholic and Can a “Real” Catholic be a Convert?
Can a Convert be a “Real” Catholic and Can a “Real” Catholic be a Convert?
By John Brander Fitzpatrick
Whether we are new converts or repentant lapsed Catholics we share the same faith.
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WANTED: Lepers and Prophets!
WANTED: Lepers and Prophets!
By Michael Seagriff
We need more lepers and prophets – those willing to speak the Truth, to challenge souls and to encourage and assist our priests and fellow parishioners in restoring a sense of the Sacred within our Churches, in the manner in which Holy Mass is celebrated and the Sacred Eucharist is treated. And, of course, the willingness to suffer the consequences for having the courage and faith to do so.
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The Confusion Around Confession
The Confusion Around Confession
By Madeline Mauro
Many wonder why Catholics "waste their time" going to confession when they could simply go straight to God. This article draws from Scripture to show that Jesus Himself authorized the Sacrament of Reconciliation—and why it's a vital part of returning to our baptismal grace.
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Beware of the Amazon god
Beware of the Amazon god
By Gary Sullivan
Do you desire happiness? Are you always purchasing things from Amazon? If so beware of the very deceptive, seemingly benevolent Amazon god.
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Marital Peace, Sacrificial Love
Marital Peace, Sacrificial Love
By Virginia Rhys Anson OFS
Fifty-four years of marriage, my mother struggling to recover from a stroke that eventually took her to Heaven, revealed through my dad sacrificial, true, ultimate love. It revealed God's design for a true, spiritual, loving marriage.
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The Most Consequential Papacy of Modern Times—for Two Reasons
The Most Consequential Papacy of Modern Times—for Two Reasons
By Paul Murano, Ph.D.
One pope in the past century still raises passions and is considered controversial—for changing the changeable and confirming the unchangeable.
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Kneeling Before the Altar
Kneeling Before the Altar
By Madeline Mauro
In an age of liturgical tension, this article explores the heart behind postures of reverence in Catholic worship—reminding us that the language God speaks best is love.
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The Ascension was a Priestly, Liturgical Act
The Ascension was a Priestly, Liturgical Act
By Gary Sullivan
The Ascension of Jesus was a priestly, liturgical ritual that needed to be carried out because Jesus fulfilled the Day of Atonement and made the forgiveness of sins go from being merely symbolic to real and efficacious.
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Art Need Not Be Sacred to Inspire
Art Need Not Be Sacred to Inspire
By John Brander Fitzpatrick
All Art can be Sacred Art.
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Catholic Grads and the word, 'Baccalaureate'
Catholic Grads and the word, 'Baccalaureate'
By Gary Sullivan
“How could I bear a crown of gold when the Lord bears a crown of thorns? And bears it for me!”. As both a queen and a saint, Elizabeth of Hungary understood the difference between the worldly crowns of power, pleasure, prestige and possessions and those Christ-like crowns of sweet detachment.
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A Tale of Two Churches
A Tale of Two Churches
By John Brander Fitzpatrick
Two different churches with two different atmospheres yet providing the right conditions for worship.
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My Catholic Community
My Catholic Community
By Jose Antonio Ponce
My journey of faith begins and ends with my church community.
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A Perfect Parish is Impossible, but This One Thing Means a Lot
A Perfect Parish is Impossible, but This One Thing Means a Lot
By Genevieve Perkins
A reflection on judging parishes and what perfection really is
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Pope seeks Liturgies with ‘Mystery, Beauty and Wonder’
Pope seeks Liturgies with ‘Mystery, Beauty and Wonder’
By Gary Sullivan
"We have great need to recover the sense of mystery that remains alive in your liturgies, liturgies that engage the human person in his or her entirety, that sing of the beauty of salvation, and evoke a sense of wonder at how God’s majesty embraces our human frailty!” -Pope Leo XIV
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The Body is designed to become a Temple for the Lord
The Body is designed to become a Temple for the Lord
By Eileen Renders
this article is a personal reflection of how growing in my faith, I have received many graces and blessings, especially how to recognize and feel those blessings within our lives
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Some Advice to Priests on Sermons from a Bored Worshipper
Some Advice to Priests on Sermons from a Bored Worshipper
By John Brander Fitzpatrick
Priests should not take worshippers for granted during their sermons and just repeat the same old platitudes
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