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2016-04-02T20:47:31-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Mother Angelica, I Hardly Knew Ye

Last updated on: April 2, 2016 at 8:47 pm By Chase Padusniak

Mother Angelica’s repose has been a cause for personal reflection; she constituted a part of the Catholic American experience on which I missed out, partly willfully, partly because of ignorance. Having not been raised Catholic, EWTN was not a part of my childhood. In fact, the one friend I had who did watch the channel (and it was on all the time at his house) eventually became an atheist (I don’t mean to imply that the two were related; I... Read more

2016-04-02T16:45:51-04:00

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A Christian Defense of the “Useless Liberal Arts Degree”

Last updated on: April 2, 2016 at 4:45 pm By Chase Padusniak

As an undergrad I majored in English and minored in Medieval Studies at a relatively upscale liberal arts school, the College of the Holy Cross. My background is basically working class; neither of my parents has a four-year degree, and my grandparents were a janitor, an assembly-line worker, a machinist, and a home-cleaner. I am, to what seems a large segment of society, precisely the type of person who should not be pursuing a liberal arts degree. I am remiss,... Read more

2016-03-26T13:25:29-04:00

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Easter: A Weekly Sabbath

Last updated on: March 26, 2016 at 1:25 pm By Chase Padusniak

Easter is upon us! A once-a-year festival, it reminds us of, and celebrates, Christ’s victory over death, the central tenet of Christian belief: He is risen! And yet, it is a more than annual feast. In fact, part of its true significance is embedded in a process most, if not all, Christians realize, but fail to recognize: that every Sunday is a celebration of the Resurrection, that every week we are called to remember His glorious Resurrection. As Dorothy C.... Read more

2016-03-26T12:33:20-04:00

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Beyond Good and Evil: A Triduum Reflection

Last updated on: March 26, 2016 at 12:33 pm By Chase Padusniak

God is dead! Such is the news of Good Friday as we contemplate the visceral core of Christian reality: the unjust sentencing, scourging, beating, mocking, cheating, and eventual death of God. Jesus, God who became man, is notorious for challenging our notion of “messiah” itself; the Jews expected a political or military leader, someone who would break the Roman yoke like Judas Maccabeus: The LORD says to my lord: “Sit at my right hand, while I make your enemies your footstool.”... Read more

2016-03-21T15:00:57-04:00

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Be Not Angry with Your Brother: A Reflection for Holy Week

Last updated on: March 21, 2016 at 3:00 pm By Chase Padusniak

Too often, we as a Church stand divided, divided by politics, ethnic background, and theological sympathies. From the fractured (and fracturing) sphere of primary voting to the constant back and forth of papal support and criticism, we find ourselves breaking apart, tearing at the flesh of Christ’s body like the crown of thorns upon His head. Yet, this should be unacceptable to us; the Church is called to act in unity and love, letting go of prejudices and personal foibles... Read more

2017-09-11T18:48:29-04:00

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Against Ethnocentrism and Nationalism in the Church

Last updated on: September 11, 2017 at 6:48 pm By Chase Padusniak

Therefore every individual, conscious of his responsibility as a member of Christian and Western civilization, must defend himself against the scourges of mankind, against fascism and any similar system of totalitarianism. Offer passive resistance—resistance—wherever you may be, forestall the spread of this atheistic war machine before it is too late, before the last cities, like Cologne, have been reduced to rubble, and before the nation’s last young man has given his blood on some battlefield for the hubris of a sub-human. Do not forget that... Read more

2016-03-14T22:23:04-04:00

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Why I Oppose Physician-Assisted Suicide

Last updated on: March 14, 2016 at 10:23 pm By Chase Padusniak

“Ah, so much is said about human want and misery — I seek to understand it, I have also had some acquaintance with it at close range; so much is said about wasted lives…” – Søren Kierkegaard Physician-Assisted Suicide (henceforth PAS) is hard to talk about for a variety of reasons, though chief among them proponents’ emphasis on autonomy. “It is my life, and so I may choose to end it when and how I wish,” or so goes a... Read more

2016-03-12T18:07:56-04:00

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Understanding the Pope and His Critics

Last updated on: March 12, 2016 at 6:07 pm By Chase Padusniak

What follows is a personal and somewhat speculative attempt to understand the relationship between Pope Francis and his often traditionalist critics. I intend it to be a preliminary investigation, not the final word. Please, dear reader, accept it in that spirit. Here at Patheos Catholic, we’ve recently seen a proliferation of articles delineating the various subsets of the Church; from “fundamentalist traditionalists” to “liberals,” the work of compartmentalization remains popular. Some of these pieces have got me thinking: what is... Read more

2016-03-12T15:24:45-04:00

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“Give all, for all is yours!”

Last updated on: March 12, 2016 at 3:24 pm By Chase Padusniak

These are the final words in the first vision of Hadewijch of Brabant (fl. early 13th century). After she is whisked up into a heavenly garden and experiences the fruits of divine mystery, God leaves her with these words: “give all, for all is yours!” Reading this command yesterday (and for the first time), I was struck, struck by the profundity couched in such simple language, overawed by the essential nature of the Lord’s words, hidden beneath of veneer of... Read more

2016-03-07T14:55:45-04:00

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In Praise of Papal Ambiguity

Last updated on: March 7, 2016 at 2:55 pm By Chase Padusniak

Even among devout Catholics, it’s not uncommon to hear about the “damage” caused by the pope’s occasionally diplomatic language. While not those who would call him “Bergolio” or lambaste the Novus Ordo (for a particularly remarkable example of that, see here) as such, they represent a certain sort of traditionalism that is wary of things not clear-cut, almost Scholastic in their desire to pick out and propound subtle and varied rules. For them, and for many, this pope is not... Read more

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