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By David Nussman, Church Militant - He was sent away at 18 years old to become an apprentice under a distant relative. He eventually departed for Rome, knowing God was calling him there... The future saint brought hardly anything with him, relying completely on God's Providence to provide for his needs. Once he arrived in Rome, he worked as a tutor. He lived a solitary, prayerful life in a small attic space and practiced self-denial by eating very small meals.

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - There is a fine line between moral prudence and moral cowardice. There is an even finer line between trusting and not trusting God. I admit that discerning these things can be difficult. But in praying with Ezra the other day, I discovered something all of us need to think about more often than we do. Ezra, as many readers will recall, was permitted by King Cyrus of Persia to spearhead a Jew

By Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Crisis Magazine - Fr. Altman from the conservative side and Fr. Martin from the liberal. Fr. Altman castigates Catholics who voted for Joe Biden. Fr. Martin openly supported Biden. As such, the two Fr. Jameses are poster boys for the two Catholic Churches in America today. Fr. Altman for the traditional, orthodox, strict version of Catholicism; Fr. Martin for the accommodating, relativistic, and subjective version of Catholicism. Fr. Altman: doctrinal. Fr. Martin: pastoral. Fr. Altman: Rational. Fr. Martin: Sentimental.