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Column: Working through death can leave us bitter or better
Our experience of suffering and death, even a very hard death, offers us mysterious and dramatic graces, with the reassurance that God himself is ever near to those who carry their cross.
Column: Christ’s sacrifice — not law of Moses — redeemed us
In our case, we are found “not guilty,” even though we have sinned, because of God’s mercy. And because of God’s love, the verdict of “not guilty” means much more than simply escaping jail. It is a ringing endorsement of how...
Column: When, exactly, are you planning to live your faith?
How many times in our lives do we pass up those small chances to make life brighter for someone? Why do we hesitate to compliment, to thank, or to encourage one another?
Got sin?
“Many in our culture have a lack of understanding of the sacrament of reconciliation and of a sense of sin,” he continued. “This [initiative] will help to deepen our understanding and renew our appreciation and practice of the...
Deacon candidate calling ‘in God’s time’
“I’m excited about the idea of being a herald of the Gospel, which we all are, but deacons have a unique role with that,” said Seago. “It’s amazing and humbling that God has entrusted this work to me.”
Stations of the cross
“We’re wanting to reach out to our Christian neighbors. We would love to have the people who live across the street, or the people who drive by and wonder about the gardens we have on our parish property.”
The tale of 20,000
“At. St. Agnes we have worried too much about our own financial challenges for the last five years,” said Father AranoPonce. “Now was the time to do the unthinkable and reach out to others.”
How can we possibly be protecting women by killing girls?
It is tempting to hope that as time goes by, respect for women and their equal dignity and value will increase, making gender-selection abortion attractive to fewer and fewer people.
Padre Pio relic on display at day for sick and suffering
The sick and suffering of the archdiocese will have a special opportunity to venerate a first-class relic of the saint during a conference and Mass for the sick and suffering on March 5 at St. James Academy, 24505 Prairie Star...