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May 2025

May 24, 2025

Church: Worship or Entertainment?

Few forms of entertainment beat professional sports. The amount of production that goes into a...

May 16, 2025

A Lion’s Roar and a Call for Peace

Lions only roar when they have to do so. Our new Holy Father has taken...

May 07, 2025

Grace of the Sacraments and the Beauty and the Beast

Unity and Communion: A Gospel Invitation Today’s Gospel (cf. Jn. 10:27-30) reveals the intimate union...

April 2025

April 30, 2025

What Trump Can Learn from St. Joseph the Worker

During his campaign, President Donald Trump touted his support for work and promised to support...

April 30, 2025

From the Pain of Betrayal to the Security of Love

We all feel at certain points in our lives the sting of betrayal, and sometimes...

April 26, 2025

Locked Doors to Open Hearts: Divine Mercy Sunday

Did Pope John Paul II feel fear? One of the refrains of his papacy was...

April 19, 2025

Heaven, Hope, and Holiness

The Resurrection of Jesus that we celebrate on Easter calls us to have hope in...

April 14, 2025

Does God Suffer? What the Cross Really Reveals

Does God Suffer? Christ chose to suffer on the cross. This challenges our understanding of...

April 11, 2025

Suffering: It is Better to Cry than to Be Angry

Today, on Palm Sunday, the Church gives us a curious liturgy. We go from jubilation...

April 05, 2025

Forgetting What God Tells Us to Forget

Sometimes God wants us to forget, and sometimes God wants us to remember. Danny Haag...

March 2025

March 25, 2025

Our Pope of Mercy

Pope John Paul II is the “Pope of mercy.” This comes through very clearly in...

March 23, 2025

Finding Holy Ground Every Day

Our recent Duke Catholic Center mission trip to Cancun was both a service trip and...

March 07, 2025

God’s Voice or My Thoughts? 3 Ways to Discern in Prayer

Perhaps you have been in prayer and wondered whether God is talking to you or...

March 03, 2025

Lent Unlocked: 3 Powerful Ways to Grow Closer to God

Jesus went into the desert to pray (Mt. 4:1-11). There, He faced the Devil’s temptations,...

February 2025

February 28, 2025

The Power of Words: Do They Create or Reveal Reality?

Do words shape reality, or do they reveal it? In a world flooded with media,...

February 21, 2025

Turning the Other Cheek: Strength not Weakness

Are Christians supposed to be nice? Is that what it means to turn the other...

February 13, 2025

The Derry Girl Who Became a Saint

What does it take to become a saint? Sister Clare's life gives us some clues....

February 06, 2025

Boredom, De Foucauld, and the Greatest Show on Earth

P.T. Barnum was a man who seemed allergic to boredom. The musical “The Greatest Showman”...

February 01, 2025

Creatures of the Same God, Equal in Dignity

Jesus preached salvation to all. This is the basis of Catholic teaching that all...

January 2025

January 25, 2025

Raskolnikov, Ezra, and the Freedom of the Gospel

Raskolnikov, the main character from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, wants to experience freedom. He is...

January 18, 2025

Intimacy with Christ and the Wedding at Cana

Belonging to Christ invites us to grow in intimacy with him. Last week, we celebrated...

January 08, 2025

Belonging to Jesus through the Gift of Baptism

We all have a desire of belonging to something. Today, as we celebrate the Baptism...

January 04, 2025

Three Wise Men Teach Us To Be A Pilgrim

What does it mean to be a pilgrim? A pilgrimage is one of the great...

December 2024

December 28, 2024

Holy Family, Holy Families

The family is the basic building block of society. As we celebrate the Holy Family,...

December 23, 2024

Indifference and the Mystery of the Incarnation

St. Alphonsus Liguori tells a story of St. Francis of Assisi. The indifference he found...

December 20, 2024

Secular Culture and Popular Piety

As we get closer to Christmas, Jesus is inviting us to recognize the reality of...

December 13, 2024

Finding Meaning During Advent

What meaning does your life have? We are often unaware of how many lives we...

December 07, 2024

Escaping Noise to Find the Word

Noise can keep us from hearing what is most important. The noise of the world...

December 01, 2024

Advent is About Not Giving Up

Recently, I heard the story of Jason Evert’s recent trip to Australia. Jason is a...

November 2024

November 20, 2024

Daniel’s Dreams Prepare us for Christ the King

At the end of each liturgical year, the readings of the mass of Christ the...