It goes without saying that the focus of the Church is ALWAYS on our appreciation of and respect for the Eucharist. However, there are…
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Alleluia! He is risen! Easter is not a day, but a full season of feasting spanning 50 days from the Sunday of the resurrection…
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Holy Week is here. It follows what seems like the fastest Lent of my life. Usually, these 40-plus days drag on and on because…
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One of the most misused words in our Catholic parlance is “tradition.” Genuine tradition has two components. The first is time. Traditions happen over…
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A few weeks ago, a friend who teaches religion at St. Xavier High School invited me to give a presentation on the Book of…
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In this new year, the Church in the United States will embark on a Eucharistic Revival — a grassroots movement of Catholics across the…
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Do humans have a religious instinct? Despite recent data, which point to increasing numbers of self-identified non-believers, a theory persists that people have an…
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On a drizzly October morning, I drove to Meadow View Cemetery in the southwest corner of Louisville to attend Pamela’s funeral. A group of…
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The church in the United States will soon be embarking on a “eucharistic revival,” a response to increasing religious disaffiliation and waning understanding of…
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Nestled in a tiny hamlet near the French-German border is a monastery that is home to one of art’s oddest treasures. The Antonites of…
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The thrill of victory! The agony of defeat! Each night in my house, we tune in to watch the competition in the Summer Olympic…
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During my elementary school days, I rarely missed an episode of “Reading Rainbow” at 4:00 and “Square One” at 4:30 on PBS. For my…
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This past Sunday, on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, I participated in an outdoor procession of the Holy Eucharist through the streets of downtown…
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As the weather starts to heat up, the mailbox starts to fill up with invitations to all kinds of joyous events. At my stage…
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I don’t know about you, but I am certainly tired of hearing about mandates. Mask mandates, vaccination mandates, capacity mandates, social distancing mandates. Which…
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