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September 11, 2019
By Jonathan B. Coe, Catholic Exchange - As I mentioned in a recent essay, over the years I’ve noticed a fair number of Christians who have shipwrecked their faith because of unrealistic expectations about how their lives would play out. They remind me of the children of Israel, who, because of the affliction they experienced in the wilderness, became offended at both Moses and God and wanted to return to Egypt.. so they could eat their fill of leeks, garlic, cucumbers, and meat.
September 9, 2019
By Mike Bonifas, Those Catholic Men - My homily for Chris and Rachel—and for all of us—today revolves around prayer… Some folks, when they hear the word prayer, think that prayer is mainly about asking for favors. But there is a much deeper kind of prayer… There is the kind of prayer of remembering, for instance… And the prayer of gratitude… And, sometimes, we join them together.
September 6, 2019
By Susanna Spencer, National Catholic Register - Virtue ethics helps us to know what are “well-grounded reasons for spacing births, arising from the physical or psychological condition of husband or wife, or from external circumstances” in which couples should “take advantage of natural cycles” (HV §16). It further helps us to know when it is a prudent time to have more children. Married couples who are acting as responsible parents and decide to either have or to not have additional children are being both prudent and generous. And prudence and generosity are both virtues.
September 4, 2019
By Mary Margaret Olohan, The Stream - “I’m not as bad as they paint me,” McCarrick said in an interview with Slate’s Ruth Graham published Tuesday. “I do not believe that I did the things that they accused me of.”… The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith declared McCarrick guilty in February of “solicitation in the Sacrament of Confession, and sins against the Sixth Commandment with minors and with adults, with the aggravating factor of the abuse of power,” according to a Vatican statement. Pope Francis also defrocked him.
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