Essays

Divine Mercy Sunday Indulgence and Graces

In private revelations to St. Faustina Kowalska in the 1930s, Jesus called for the Second Sunday of Easter to be celebrated as the Feast of Mercy or Divine Mercy Sunday….

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The Development of Doctrine

John Henry Cardinal Newman, canonized by Pope Francis in 2019, was the most famous convert to Catholicism of the 19th century. Prior to his reception into the Catholic Church in…

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Augustine: Confessing God & the Soul

In these few elliptic sentences of the opening paragraph of what might be the most resonate of Christian texts outside of Scripture—the Confessions—Augustine articulates the human condition as a quest…

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Living the Faith in April

But of course, we’re not there yet. April’s first weeks are still in Lent, so be sure to hang in there with those Lenten practices! If you are short on…

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In Defense of Erotic Love

There is in every human person a primal desire to be satiated. We long to feel whole, to feel rest in the love of another. We are drawn to beauty,…

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