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Make Your World Holy  ‘As aliens, live in reverent fear’ (1 Pet. 1:17).    Holiness cannot be legislated; it can only be advanced through...

Thankful. You help us stay true. Of all the treasures of 2023, our 40 days together of ‘rousing Her radiance’ shines brightest for me....

Rousing Her Gently, Firmly ‘Husbands love your wives, just as Christ loved the Church and gave Himself up for Her, to make Her holy,...

The Child is a Warrior ‘I have quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me' (Ps....

Becoming Home ‘Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. The Lord will...

Contending for Transformation ‘Jesus is a foe of any kind of fatalistic mindset that reduces His creation to something less than what He...

Holy Fear ‘He will be the foundation for our times—a rich store of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: fear of the Lord is key to this...

Contending for Compassion ‘Ain’t there one **** song that can make me break down and cry?’– David Bowie Only Jesus’ love song over His...

Peace Like a River ‘The hope of Christianity, the prospect of faith is ultimately based quite simply on the fact that it tells the...

Ordering Our Courts ‘Beauty is the radiance of truth.’- Thomas Aquinas I love this Church. Strength and clarity for the day arises from...

How the Church Forms Conscience ‘However much Christianity may have failed during its history (and it has failed again and again...

Radiant Jesus Prepares Us for Himself We come into being through the spousal union of man and woman, and we are redeemed by that...

Radiant Jesus Names the Confused The young woman looked boyish but wanted Jesus. She was happy to engage a bit after the service. We...

‘The light shines in darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it.’- John 1:5 The only good thing about Pope Francis’ confusing...

Part 2: The MacGuffin of Conversion Therapy This is the second blog of our three-part series. If you haven’t already, please read part 1...

My Christmas started with a minor miracle. Really. Chalk it up to St. Joseph. I am not inclined to pray to saints, even if legendary like...

Why does Christmas Day fold into the stoning of Stephen? Why does your calendar, O Church, disturb our reverie with bloodshed? Why must...

‘The great choice posed to the human person in the modern world: deciding between sanctity and the loss of one’s humanity.’ (Witness to...

At first I was angry. How could parents do this to a beloved child? Framed in their Christmas greeting, the parents beam upon 3-year-old...

‘Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is...