Catholic Family Life
When you date someone, choose somebody who cares about your soul and will help you attain heaven. This should be the primary lesson that parents teach their children when it comes to Christian sex education. It teaches them that they have value and that they are worthy of someone who cares about more than just…
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Well, that was fast! The conclave, I mean. What a joy to see that white smoke this past Thursday, and a short while later to see the nervous, but smiling face of our new Holy Father emerge onto the center loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica. The swiftness with which the cardinals came to the required…
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The loss of a pope is always a moment of enormous significance for Catholics. In the brief period in between the death of one pope, and the election of his successor, there is a sense of an absence. We have lost our spiritual father. It is in these moments of mourning that we recall the…
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The search for meaningful and wholesome family entertainment is often a difficult one. Our culture is flooded with movies that are crude, ugly, and immoral. Finding high quality films that support your values and steep you in an atmosphere of truth and beauty is paramount because the entertainment we consume forms and shapes us. Pro-life…
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“On some positions, cowardice asks the question: Is it safe? Expediency asks the question: Is it politic? Vanity asks the question: is it popular? But conscience asks the question: Is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic nor popular, but he must take…
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Indulgences in the Catholic Church are often misunderstood. Some may see them as an easy ticket to Heaven, an excuse to sin, or a transactional thing. But these are all incorrect. When we sin, we must confess our sins to have the guilt erased from our souls. But even confessed sins, for justice’s sake, require…
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Wearing a Scapular is a popular devotion among Catholics – but what exactly is it? And why are there so many different colors of Scapulars? History of the Scapular The name “Scapular” comes from the Latin word scapula, which refers to the shoulder blade, over which the Scapular lays. Originally, the Scapular was a large…
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The 14 Stations of the Cross is a beautiful and ancient devotion, in which the faithful can walk with Jesus on the Via Dolorosa, the Way of Suffering. The Stations are commonly found in Catholic churches, but can also be in cemeteries, hospitals, or on mountainsides. It can be prayed at any time, privately or…
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Each year, Catholics around the world perform penances and pray during Lent – the 40 days before Easter. But every year, Catholics commonly wonder what to give up for Lent. What is Lent? Lent is the period of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving in the 40 days leading up to Easter. It begins with Ash Wednesday…
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The City of God and The City of Man
“Two cities, then, have been created by two loves: that is, the earthly by a love that extends itself even to contempt of God, and the heavenly by love of God extending to contempt of self.” ― St. Augustine, The City of God What role should the faith that Catholics hold play in their lives,…
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