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The Examen: Finding God’s Path in Just 15 Minutes a Day 

By Patrick Howard Unleash the Gospel  Taking just 15 minutes a day, the Examen prayer will transform your life. Some think the Examen prayer is merely...

The real issue in the fetal pain debate

By Wendy Smith Registered Nurse The human brain is an extremely complex human organ. Neurons are the specialized cells that transmit nerve impulses. In order to...

Eucharistic orientation according to Vatican II: A response to Dr. Staudt’s ad orientem column

By Father Felix P. Medina-Algaba Pastor of Queen of Peace Catholic Parish, Aurora, Colorado After reading Dr. Jared Staudt’s article “Why is Ad Orientem worship so...

The Unruly History of St. Valentine’s Day

By Seth Fabian SJV Lay Division Instructor St. Valentine’s Day is in every way an odd holiday: originally honoring a martyr who chose death rather than...

The Rosary Team: To Remember, Forget, and Believe

By Chelsea Magyar "Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even should she forget, I will never...

Christmastide lessons from Linus and the lowly shepherds

By Deacon Derrick Johnson Permanent Deacon at Assumption Parish in Welby And in that region, there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their...

Sacrifice, presence, communion: The Eucharist is the Sacrament of Charity

By Father Daniel Cardó Pastor at Holy Name Parish in Sheridan In the very beginnings of the Church there were no sacred buildings. The first Christians...

Pride, envy, and sloth: The enemies of charity

By Father Hector Chiapa-Villarreal Pastor of St. Therese Parish in Aurora St. Augustine tells us: “Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by...

Dr. Takashi Nagai and how Charity moves us

By Father Scott Bailey Pastor at Risen Christ Parish in Denver We call the Third Sunday of Advent “Gaudete Sunday.” That unfamiliar word — Gaudete —...

A gift of ‘two dollars’ and the importance of Charity

By Father Jim Thermos Spiritual Director at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary I remember when I was six years old and faced with a Christmas dilemma:...

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