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Like Little Children: Trusting God with Confidence
Originally published at Catholic Mom
Samantha Stephenson shares how our children’s confident requests teach us to trust in the goodness of God.
The Rosary as Blessing
Originally published at Catholic Mom
Tina Mayeux ponders how, through the Rosary, we can return blessing and adoration to God in thanksgiving for the blessings we have received.
Apostolic Joy
A friend of mine recently converted to Catholicism. Like me, she was once a card-carrying Protestant. “What made you convert?” I asked, knowing for me, there were reasons that surprised me. “I convert because the Catholic Church is apostolic. We can trace Pope Francis all the way to St. Peter
The Danger of Expanding the Definition of Anti-Semitism
Last week the U.S. House of Representatives, in a 320-91 vote, approved the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act (ASAA), requiring the Department of Education to expand the definition of anti-Semitism as demanded by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). This bipartisan measure, expected to be adopted by the Senate, comes at a
The True Face of Anti-Semitism
In “Veni Creator,” his lyric address to the Holy Spirit, Czeslaw Milosz reminds God of a couple of things, basic facts which, of course, God already knows: I am only a man: I need visible signs.I tire easily, building the stairway of abstraction. It probably never occurred to one of
The Associated Press sees Catholicism in political terms
The Church, having identified too intimately with the culture, has been wallowing in more “liberal” talk of forgiveness, mercy, compassion, and love, but without a corresponding and primary emphasis on truth. So, when signs of Catholic tradition are noted, the faith is reduced in secular media to a political battle