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Happy Eastertide!
Our Easter fundraiser is well under way. You can donate to it here.
We have a rich offering of articles for you this week—and several wonderful videos at the top of our editorials of interest, for those more inclined to listen than to read.
Thank you all for your continued readership and your support. We could not continue our apotstolate without you.
God bless! - Meaghen Gonzalez
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The great English writer G.K. Chesterton was asked once by a reporter what he would do if the Risen Christ were now standing right behind him. The questioner knew of Chesterton's firm belief in the bodily resurrection of Christ, but he was not prepared for the answer he got from Mr. Chesterton, who simply replied "but He is."
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| The Saints' Undivided Union with Jesus |
| Dr. Kathryn Rombs, Motherhood: An Extraordinary Vocation |
| One remarkable account of martyrdom in the early Church is that of two mothers, Saints Perpetua and Felicity. |
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| 7 Ways to Keep the Wokeness Out of Your Home and Away from Your Kids |
| Noelle Mering, Theology of Home |
| Whenever I speak to a crowd about the woke movement, an inevitable comment surfaces in the Q&A. With a sort of resigned sadness, parents will tell me about their teen or adult children who are now woke, uninterested in the faith of their childhood, and disdainful of those who passed it down to them. |
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| Mountain Climbing |
| Fr. Paul Scalia, The Catholic Thing |
| A significant theme throughout salvation history is the ascent of a holy mountain. |
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| VIDEO: Running for the Prize |
| Nasarean |
| At this stage in Lent we are often flagging or flailing: this is the time to get back up again. Keep your eyes on the prize—nothing is more important than knowing Christ Jesus. |
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| VIDEO: When Your Faith Is Put to the Test |
| Bishop Robert Barron |
| Abraham binds and is ready to sacrifice Isaac at God's command. If you don't experience "fear and trembling" having read this text, you have not been paying attention. And it's naming something of absolute centrality in the spiritual life. |
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| VIDEO: Will you WALK with Jesus? |
| Spirit Juice |
| We all need healing, yet many of us are separated from the very source of our strength. Every one of us is a sinner and we need Jesus to rescue us. Jesus Christ invites us to return to the source and summit of our faith in the celebration of the Eucharist. |
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| Toward a Confessing Church |
| The Catholic Thing |
| History never repeats itself. But it doesn’t need to, because the patterns of human thought and behavior that make history repeat themselves all the time. |
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| The Church after Francis: A Cardinal Speaks |
| What We Need Now |
| There is a danger that this important open letter will be dismissed and then ignored as just one more example of the "angry man" syndrome from the right wing of the Church. |
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| The Emergence of the Home Chapel |
| The Imaginative Conservative |
| The chapel builders represent one of those paradoxes where people feel the emptiness of the postmodern world that promises everything and wishes to fill it with the only thing that can satisfy the soul: God. |
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| Our Bodies, Our Anger |
| First Things |
| Our culture is full of angry women—angry at misogynist men, angry that careerism hasn't brought the fulfillment it promised, angry that they might get pregnant, angry when they don't, angry at toxic masculinity, angry at the mental load, angry about a whole host of grievances. |
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| Just Being Real |
| Dominicana |
| Quite possibly the hardest thing any human can do is to be his or herself. |
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| VIDEO: 13 Ways You Choose WRONG! |
| Pints with Aquinas |
| In order to choose well, it's helpful to clarify the various ways in which our choices can go off the rails. |
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