Caravaggio’s “Doubting Thomas”
Br Andres Colmenares, LC We have all gone through one stage of our life or another when living our Christian faith was more difficult than normal. Something happens that makes us put into question...
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Br Robert Antonio, LC Ave, Ave, Ave Maria… The singing grows louder as more than seven hundred people exit the Church of the Holy Innocents in a procession with images of the Blessed Virgin Mary....
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Br Christopher Daniels, LC Facing up to a priestly vocation can seem like what the apostles felt in the boat, during the storm at sea, when they cried out to Jesus sleeping in the back, “Teacher, do...
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Br Nathan Wayne, LC Six years ago I sauntered into a whitewashed seminary conference room in my flip-flops, American Eagle cargo shorts, and Ralph Lauren polo thinking, ”How weird will this week will...
View ArticleFaith That Is Life
Br Adolfo Wissar, LC A few weeks ago, while I was buying a double cheeseburger at the airport in Miami, the cashier asked me if I was Catholic. I was using the Roman collar, and of course,...
View ArticleBenedict and the Agnostic II
Br László Erffa, LC The following dialogue follows the structure of Joseph Ratzinger’s expositions in The Yes of Jesus Christ: Exercises in Faith, Hope and Love (Crossroad Publishers, New York 2005),...
View ArticleChoose Today Whom You Will Serve
Br Erik Burckel, LC There is a profound difference between those who live life intentionally, with purpose, and those who let life come at them, content to simply accept circumstances and pass the...
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Br Eric Gilhooly, LC Back when thy voice first sounded strong, Came piercing through my plight, Darkness! All was darkness! And thou, mine only light. Thou badest — I did answer and I let the sail flap...
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Br Christopher Daniels, LC With many people I talk to I find that, other than Mass and prayers before meals, there is not much time devoted specifically to prayer. We all need to be closer to God and...
View ArticleNothing and Everything
Br Joseph A’Hearn, LC Richard Dawkins and I have something in common: we have both read A Universe from Nothing, by physicist Lawrence Krauss. Krauss invited Dawkins, a renowned atheist, to write the...
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