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2018-03-31T13:01:45-05:00

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Dark Devotional: A Walk to Easter

Last updated on: March 31, 2018 at 1:01 pm By Guest Contributor

I have spent the last week thinking about an Easter devotional. What on earth (or heaven, for that matter) can be said that has not already been said, and by those holier and more intelligent than I, just a mom? I keep coming back to the fact that I am not all that excited about Easter. There isn’t the anticipation for Easter that there is for Christmas. I am not sure why, because I think Easter is supposed to be... Read more

2018-04-02T11:54:52-05:00

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You Are Not Alone: Catholic Women’s Real Life Experiences of NFP, Part II

Last updated on: April 2, 2018 at 11:54 am By Guest Contributor

In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae this summer, Sick Pilgrim will be featuring a series of essays on Natural Family Planning, the only acceptable method of achieving or avoiding pregnancy according to the teaching of the Catholic Church. These essays will not present ideological stances or theological arguments, but will simply offer unvarnished testimony from individuals who have used NFP. The struggles and sufferings that NFP carries with it frequently go undiscussed, and we wanted to offer a space for... Read more

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2018-04-18T15:00:35-05:00

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You Are Not Alone: Catholic Women’s Real Life Experiences of NFP, Part VI

Last updated on: April 18, 2018 at 3:00 pm By Guest Contributor

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2018-03-27T12:19:35-05:00

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Things Keeping Us Alive, March 2018

Last updated on: March 27, 2018 at 12:19 pm By Matt Lafleur

Time marches on, and our job is to keep up with it. So if you’re reading this, you’re doing great. You’re staying alive. Sometimes those of us with a melancholic streak gotta relish whatever little victory we can get. Sometimes enduring and putting all of your efforts into accomplishing the most menial tasks — getting out of the house, exercising, eating well, or just getting out of bed — takes all of your strength. But you’ve done it so far.... Read more

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2018-03-26T16:04:24-05:00

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An Offering in Betrayal – A Holy Week Meditation

Last updated on: March 26, 2018 at 4:04 pm By Sarah Babbs

“Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in.” – Leonard Cohen, Anthem On Palm Sunday, it looked like Christmas day. Here in Indiana, it snowed five inches and threw us all into the depths of despair. All that is, excepting my four year old son who seems to have mastered this “finding joy in all things” trope that everyone is always on... Read more

2018-03-26T12:49:32-05:00

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Dark Devotional: The Jackass

Last updated on: March 26, 2018 at 12:49 pm By Matt Lafleur

The curtain is about to rise on the greatest week of the year for Catholicism. The first act is this Sunday, when the church-going Catholics stand for the lengthy and familiar reading from the Gospel. The story is a familiar one, acted halfheartedly by the congregation and the priest. “Prophesy!” most of us shout, pronouncing it as a noun instead of a verb , and somehow causing the story to make less sense. See, that’s what I do: I play... Read more

2018-03-22T10:16:50-05:00

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Recognition: Jean Vanier and “Summer in the Forest”

Last updated on: March 22, 2018 at 10:16 am By Matt Lafleur

“I think that we human beings have a compass, a mysterious compass, which leads us to do what is right.” –Jean Vanier Hearing the quote above–which begins Summer in the Forest, a documentary about L’Arche, founded by Jean Vanier–I was afraid the film itself would be overly pat and syrupy. I was wrong. When four men labeled as “idiots” were confined to a life of imprisonment in asylum-like institutes in the 1960’s, a young Canadian philosopher named Jean Vanier secured their... Read more

2018-03-27T12:04:23-05:00

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You Are Not Alone: Catholic Women’s Real Life Experiences of NFP, Part I

Last updated on: March 27, 2018 at 12:04 pm By Guest Contributor

In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae, Sick Pilgrim is featuring a series of essays on Natural Family Planning, the only acceptable method of achieving or avoiding pregnancy according to the teaching of the Catholic Church. These essays will not present ideological stances or theological arguments, but will simply offer unvarnished testimony from individuals who have used NFP. The struggles and sufferings that NFP carries with it frequently go undiscussed, and we wanted to offer a space for honest conversation. The... Read more

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2018-03-16T11:30:27-05:00

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Dark Devotional: Hear Us, O Lord!

Last updated on: March 16, 2018 at 11:30 am By Guest Contributor

“Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day.” ~Rainier Maria... Read more

2018-03-15T07:03:05-05:00

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Approaching Mystery: Portrait and Punctum by Joanna Penn Cooper

Last updated on: March 15, 2018 at 7:03 am By Joanna Penn Cooper

In Camera Lucida, Roland Barthes speaks of the photograph’s punctum, of the detail that punctures, that draws the attention of the individual viewer and provokes an emotional response based on personal associations. There’s a photograph of me as a baby, wearing something soft and white, including a soft, white hat with a huge pom-pom. I’m being held by Peter, my erstwhile father (who I haven’t seen in years). I believe we’re standing on a porch, and in this black... Read more

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