“Let us therefore wage war against our vices and sins. Because by conquering ourselves, we shall conquer the world, the flesh, and the devil.”
—St. Francis of Assisi
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Has the Church Become a Spiritual Franchise? Church ⛪️
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In this eye-opening conversation, Dr. Mark Chironna explores how the modern Church has unconsciously adopted the values of Enlightenment rationalism and consumer capitalism. Drawing on George Ritzer’s “McDonaldization,” he exposes how churches have tra…
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Boarding the commuter rail, it’s too early and too dark and too cold and too quiet even for me
Don’t misunderstand, I prefer the deep, thick, cool, wavering silence that often greets me
a chance to resettle my thoughts, to bring myself to the day, to be slowly hypnotized by the electrical hums
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I'm currently writing a defense of the revelations of Christ to St. Faustina and the Divine Mercy devotion in response to the attacks from (some) radical traditionalists. Buckle up.
This happened in Montana earlier today.
I was on my way to a job interview when I got pulled over by a police officer. Just to set the scene—I’m Native American, and my friend riding with me is Black.
As fate would have it, both of my brake lights decided to stop working at the exact same time. Naturally, as the officer approached, I start…
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"A saint is not someone who never sins, but one who sins less and less frequently and gets up more and more quickly."
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“Football is a game of space and time. Whoever controls both, wins.” – Johan Cruyff
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📣 Don’t Go Back to Fishing: Stepping Boldly Into the Future God Has Called You To!
“Simon Peter said to them, ‘I am going fishing.’ They said to him, ‘We will go with you.’ They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.”
—John 21:3 (ESV)
There’s a tendency in all of us, when things feel uncertain, to retreat to w…
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When you want to pray the least is when you need to pray the most
Studying God’s creation through modern science is in the spirit of Proverbs 25:2.
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Schopenhauer Got Evil Backwards—Here’s Why Aquinas Was Right
Have you seen what the White House said about Easter? This is amazing, but tell me your thoughts on this, especially what you think of the language around “the Mass of the Lord’s Supper.”
“During this sacred week, we acknowledge that the glory of Easter Sunday cannot come without the sacrifice Jesus Christ made on the cross. In His fina…
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Brownlee's year was up and down, but I think he can make a huge step forward in year 2.
Not afraid to mix it up in the run game either.
His press rate of 52% was the 5th-best in the NFL.
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I'm not sure when it happened, but there was a great shift, and everything changed. Most days I feel a sense of dread and sadness, even if it's just in the background. It took me a while to realize it's the grief of a future lost.
I grew up in the '80s poor and from a broken family, but I remember no sense of dread. I lived in perpetual h…
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This is how a Christian acts…. Good for you Erick!
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