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My Ordeal

It was exhausting and exhilarating. Between the end of one semester and the beginning of the next, I spent ten days working to establish a ...

Intro to Lent II: Fasting

Second in a series of three posts. “Why do Catholics have to fast?” The question came from a non-Catholic Boy Scout in my son’s troop. ...

Natural Revelation in the Catholic Tradition

Natural revelation refers to God’s self-disclosure in creation, through the things that have been made. Scripture and magisterial teaching are equally clear and emphatic that ...

Intro to Lent 1: Prayer

First in a series of three posts.Reprinted from 2007. How do you know it’s Lent? It’s not so much by the ash mark on your ...

Thoughts on the Church’s Old Testament Canon

The Canon of the Old Testament in the Days of Jesus There was no universally-accepted canon of Scripture among the Jews in the first century ...

“Paschal Sacrifice: A Heavenly Banquet for Earthly Beggars”

Does your mind wander at Mass? If so, here’s some very good news for you drawn from the Banquet Theology in the Gospel of St. ...

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