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How to Love Your Pastor Even When You Don’t “Like” Him: 6 Ways to Support...
First of all, before we get started, let’s make some things clear. This is NOT a post about priest-bashing. It is our priests, the lovable ones, the grouchy ones, the aloof ones, the bookish ones, the...
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The Beautiful Language of the Traditional Blessing of Ashes
Did you receive ashes last week? There’s an interesting phenomenon at work in this annual, very public ritual (and it’s not exclusive to Catholics; other Christians mark their foreheads with ashes to...
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10 Saints Who Prove God’s Grace Is Bigger Than Your Sin
Have you ever heard someone say, “My sin is too big for God to forgive”? Or, maybe you yourself even feel this way at times? This is a lie that the devil would like us to believe, but the truth is no...
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3 Things Christians Should Know About the Crusades
“But the Crusades… Christians in the Crusades did such-and-such… Terrorists? Well, if the Crusades hadn’t happened… The Catholic Church is hypocritical—just look at the Crusades… Your Church started...
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15 Martyr Saints Who Teach Us How to Carry The Cross With Jesus
The lives of the saints provide us rich, beautiful sources of instruction in virtue. But there’s a particular heroism to be gleaned from stories of the martyrs. Today we present 15 saints – some well...
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(Quiz) What Happened to the Apostles and Where Do They Rest Now?
You and I know it. We have been sent by Jesus, we have a mission and the noun that best describes what we are is: “Apostle.” The word apostle, from the Greek apostello, “to send,” “to serve,” has a...
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Will You Know These 10 Things that Most People Won’t Know About Catholics?
Emmy-winning Spirit Juice Studios just released an excellent video titled 10 Things You Might Not Know About Catholics. We hope you will be inspired to learn more about the history of the Catholic...
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Sacraments v. Sacramentals: What’s The Difference?
What’s a sacramental? Even if you’re not sure about the word, you are familiar with Sacramentals, and you probably use them regularly! I tend to file Sacramentals into my mental “Theology-of-the-Body...
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May 24th, Feast of Our Lady Help of Christians, Ever a Mother for Our Times
Wednesday, May 24. of this year is the 6th Wednesday of Easter, and also the Vigil of the Ascension. But another celebration is marked annually on this day by the liturgical calendar: The Feast of...
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The Meaning Behind the Names of the 12 Apostles
Names matter. For the Catholic Christian, who sees all of reality as replete with meaning, all the more so! The Catechism tells us, “God calls each one by name. Everyone’s name is sacred. The name is...
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How to Pray the Rosary? A Step-by-Step Visual Guide
The origin of the Rosary dates back to the year 800, but it has evolved throughout the centuries resulting in the Rosary that we know today. The Rosary invites us to make a beautiful meditation about...
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Stay Salty, My Friends: What You Should Know About Blessed Salt
Do you know about the Catholic sacramental of blessed salt? A Sacrament is an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace. (The Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church are Baptism, Confirmation,...
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Baptism in the Holy Spirit: Why Every Catholic Should Consider Receiving It
The late Cardinal Suenens, one of the fathers of the Second Vatican Council, said the Catholic Charismatic Renewal is not a “movement” in the usual sense of the word, but it is a “current of grace.”...
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How to Handle an Inquisition About the Inquisition!
Have you been questioned about the Inquisition? Maybe it’s time we Catholics prepare ourselves to dismantle false premises, rather than being caught on the back foot. One of the wonderful things about...
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Witness: 7 Reasons to Keep Speaking About Your Catholic Faith When People...
Here’s a battle I sometimes fight with myself: vacillating between exuberant repetitiveness about my faith, my conversion, how amazing God is, how I wish everyone I love would convert (for their own...
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Veni Sancte Spiritus: Summon the Holy Spirit With the Ancient and Exquisite...
Known and beloved as the “Golden Sequence,” the Veni Sancte Spiritus is a beautiful, powerful prayer to the Holy Spirit that dates back to the thirteenth century. It is attributed to the Archbishop of...
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Let’s Talk About How Great Medieval Europe Was (The “Dark Ages” Really...
“Who is more civilized?” asks Anthony Esolen, distinguished professor of Classics (and inaugural Fellow of the new Center for the Restoration of Catholic Culture at Thomas More College). He’s urging us...
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Beauty Will Save the World: Catholic Artisans and the Restoration of the Sacred
Does a beautiful Church building matter to Christians? What about adornments like statues, altar rails, decorative pews and such? Stained glass… Stations of the Cross… the placement and design of the...
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A Beautiful Video of Dominican First Professions and Receiving the Habit
The Dominican Order was canonically established in the year 1216 by Pope Honorius III. Named after their founder, St. Dominic, they claim the official designation is the Ordo Praedicatorum (O.P.), or,...
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All Catholics Should Know the Four Marks of the Catholic Church
There are four marks of the Catholic Church that we recite each week at Mass during the Nicene Creed, but do you know what they are? These four things are essential to the Church. The Catechism tells...
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