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Finding Joy in Something New

Reflect Change often arrives unannounced, without asking our permission. We brace ourselves for loss before we look for possibility. Yet sometimes joy slips in through

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Don’t Fight Fair 

Reflect Have you ever reflected on the reality that we are in a spiritual combat that puts our very souls at stake? Better yet, that the

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Hatred Is a Virus

We cannot rewrite history—though it is our duty to learn from it. And there is a legacy for us to fall back on.

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Must I Take All Medications Prescribed?

My wife and I are in our early 70s and each of us has quite a few medical problems. If we stopped taking all our medications and stopped going to our many doctors, we would shorten our lives. Would the Catholic Church consider this suicide?

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All Things Are Possible

All mystics wonder what is happening to them when the Holy Spirit asks them to believe the seemingly impossible notion that God wants to enter their lives.

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Lifelines

Reflect “Can we talk this weekend?” texted my long-distance friend. After the recent death of her cousin, it had become important that she stay in

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Origins of the Celibacy Rule

When did the Roman Catholic Church begin to require celibacy before a man could be ordained a priest? Why? Doesn’t this suggest that marriage is inferior to celibacy?

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