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100 Best Recordings of Sacred Music Watch

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No matter how fine the music, say Bach's Mass in B minor, a poor performance will leave the listener wondering where the "greatness" went. ... continue reading


Faith restored in humanity! A random act of kindness changes a woman's life forever during the Christmas season Watch

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While protests are wreaking havoc all around the world, wars are being fought, and people are being brutally killed, the warm sensation and ... continue reading



Outrageous and shocking: New-age Advent calendars stray away from Advent's true meaning Watch

Image of Advent calendars are given a new, item-focused, meaning by popular culture.

The anticipation is brewing and the time is amongst us. Advent is a time to come together to celebrate the anniversary of the Lord's coming ... continue reading


100 Best Catholic Movies

Image of Father Merrin, played by Max von Sydow, approaches the MacNeill home in Georgetown, from 'The Exorcist' (1973) directed by William Friedkin.

It's regrettable that Catholic educators have yet to regard cinema as an important artistic tradition, one that should be studied along ... continue reading


John the Baptizer shows us the way to Happiness and Freedom Watch

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Too often we associate repentance with some kind of wrong- headed self hatred. To the contrary, for those who have been schooled in its ... continue reading


A Christmas gift for suffering South Sudan

Image of The people of South Sudan have the same feeling and love for one another we do. Now is the time for us to extend our arms in compassion.

The world's newest nation is in big trouble. After more than 20 years of civil war between the southern and northern areas of Sudan, the ... continue reading



Advent Catechesis: Pope Benedict XVI on the Benevolent Plan of God Watch

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He came into the world, becoming a man like us , to bring His plan of love to fullness. And God demands that we become a sign of his action ... continue reading


John the Baptist is our Advent Teacher on the Way of Happiness Watch

Image of Our image of John is as the austere ascetic, the odd fellow who lived in the desert eating a strange diet and thundering to Israel about repentance. We forget the happiness that was associated with his birth and the happiness which accompanied his prophetic life and vocation.

Advent is a reminder of the road along which we walk this Christian life and vocation. Bernard was right. We live in that intermediate ... continue reading


Advent Homily: St. Bernard on the Three Comings of the Lord Watch

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We know that the coming of the Lord is threefold: the third coming is between the other two and it is not visible in the way they are. The ... continue reading


Lord that I May See! Jesus Still Heals the Blind Watch

Image of In the Christian tradition we read of the concept of spiritual senses which, in an analogous way, respond to our spiritual progress like the physical senses help us in the material world. One of those is our spiritual vision. We are all blind, in need of the touch of the Lord to open our eyes.

As Jesus passed by, two blind men followed him, crying out, "Son of David, have pity on us!" When he entered the house, the blind men ... continue reading


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