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2017-12-22T13:10:56-07:00

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Mary: Faith Without a Last Page

Last updated on: December 22, 2017 at 1:10 pm By Marina S. Brungardt

I was reading The Lord by Romano Guardini at one am, as I am wont to do when I’ve sufficiently freaked myself out by watching Criminal Minds while home alone, and I was struck with the realization of something I had never seen before. So how many times have I read or heard the various Mary moments that happen in the Gospels? Enough. And a sword will pierce your heart too. And yet, much like Belle in the best movie ever,... Read more

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2016-12-23T11:41:00-07:00

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And the Darkness Has Not Overcome It

Last updated on: December 23, 2016 at 11:41 am By Marina S. Brungardt

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. -John 1:5 I’ve always loved Christmas lights. Candles flickering, lights twinkling, fires radiating, all of it. Whether it’s staring at the Christmas tree or walking around to see the decorations on houses, particularly those that subtly use light to reveal the shapes of things while hinting at a greater depth beyond the outline, I love it all. In the Northern Hemisphere, the infusion of light into the darkness... Read more

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2016-12-21T14:57:00-07:00

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So You (and Many Other Catholics) May Have Had a Bad Advent

Last updated on: December 21, 2016 at 2:57 pm By Marina S. Brungardt

I’m bad at consistency. It’s not that I don’t have many charming, delightful traits. But consistency requires a lot. Particularly when, I’ve noticed, it involves grandiose plans. I remember when I was 12. I read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and promptly went out to buy a The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, because Francis read a page of Shakespeare everyday and she was a writer, so I should do that too if I wanted to be a writer. I... Read more

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2016-09-23T05:32:56-07:00

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The Holy Spirit, Part II: Who is He to Me?

Last updated on: September 23, 2016 at 5:32 am By Marina S. Brungardt

Part 2 ***This is the second post exploring the Person of the Holy Spirit. You can find the first post here, a more theoretical consideration of the Holy Spirit as regarding His mission within creation. Let me also preface this saying that the anxiety I am speaking of here is more of the everyday run of the mill sort, rather than taking the term In a more strict, clinical, psychological way. I do not mean to conflate the... Read more

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2016-09-20T00:57:08-07:00

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The Holy Spirit: Who is He?

Last updated on: September 20, 2016 at 12:57 am By Marina S. Brungardt

***This is the first of a two part inquiry into the Person of the Holy Spirit. This post will explore our relationship with the Holy Spirit more in terms of Who He is, and tomorrow I will post a follow up considering our relationship with the Holy Spirit in more experiential terms of how He should... Read more

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2016-09-14T08:38:04-07:00

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ThisCatholicGirl: A Shadow Play for the Internet Age

Last updated on: September 14, 2016 at 8:38 am By Marina S. Brungardt

You might say that, without the traditionally comedic conclusion, I, along with many other member of Catholic Twitter in far more notable ways, have Now realized for the first time [our lives] the vital Importance of Being Earnest. If you want to learn the specifics of the perhaps most upsetting and unfunny Bunburying episode I have ever personally seen occur, that story is most properly Chase Padusniak’s to tell. Sufficient for this post, I will simply recap... Read more

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2016-09-09T07:03:32-07:00

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Let It Go with a Little Help from My Friends

Last updated on: September 9, 2016 at 7:03 am By Marina S. Brungardt

One of the critiques I have often heard, in one iteration or another, is that modern society, particularly technology, causes loneliness, because it estranged us from our community. This might be true, or it might be true in some cases, but I don’t think loneliness is a purely modern phenomena. My own experience, at least, has been that loneliness has less to do with Instagram and more to do with me. See, I know that, whether digitally or irl, it... Read more

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2016-09-09T06:31:41-07:00

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On Air with Morning Air with John Harper

Last updated on: September 9, 2016 at 6:31 am By Marina S. Brungardt

I had a great opportunity to chat for a bit with John Harper of Morning Air with John Harper on Relevant Radio today about my recent piece So You Sinned. Check it out as we talk about how we handle sinning over and over again (I come on about 50 minutes in to the segment, but go ahead and listen to the whole show)! I’ll be going on again in a few weeks to discuss the Holy Spirit with John as well,... Read more

2018-01-09T10:46:33-07:00

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The Divine Office: A Prayer for People Who are Bad at Praying

Last updated on: January 9, 2018 at 10:46 am By Marina S. Brungardt

I am exhausted. It’s not exactly a new state of mind—this has been pretty consistent throughout years of college and grad school and city living and more school and teaching. And, I’m not the only one. My teacher friends are exhausted. My working and grad school friends are exhausted. My parent friends have given a new depth of meaning to the word exhausted. Pretty much, what seems consistent is that not a one of us will ever sleep again.... Read more

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2016-09-01T15:54:17-07:00

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So You Sinned: Some Thoughts on Not Doing That

Last updated on: September 1, 2016 at 3:54 pm By Marina S. Brungardt

I’ve talked some recently about issues surrounding, in particular, habitual and “Come to Jesus” types of sins, and I’ve encouraged people to seek out confession and to pray for the theological virtues. And I still do. However, I also wanted to address the issues of sin on a more practical level. Because, while the doing the right thing involves knowing what it is and if we are doing it and grace, we must support all of those components with our... Read more

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