First of all, happy (slightly belated) Easter! I hope it has been an amazing experience for you, as it has been for me. If it hasn’t been, that’s okay! Yesterday, we released an episode of The Catholic Podcast that I did with Chloe Langr on “the Easter that wasn’t.” In other words, if you feel… Continue reading It’s Not Too Late to Have a Life-Changing Lent (No, Really!)
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Did Christ Die for All?
As we commemorate Good Friday, it’s a good time to ask: did Christ die on the Cross for all of us, or just for some?
Making Your Quarantine Lenten
I’ve already pointed this out on Facebook, but this is kind of beautiful… “Quarantine” is from quadraginta (“forty days”), and it’s the basis for the word for “Lent” in Latin (Quadragesima) Old English (Quarentyne), Spanish (Cuaresma), French (Carême), and Italian (Quaresima). Are you letting your quarantine be a true Quadragesima? Maybe you’re wondering how to… Continue reading Making Your Quarantine Lenten
How Would the Culture of Death and the Culture of Life Respond to Coronavirus?
Exactly 25 years ago today, on the Feast of the Annunciation, Pope John Paul II released Evangelium Vitae, his encyclical on the Gospel of life. Why does he decide to talk about the Gospel of Life on the Annunciation? As he explains, “The one who accepted ‘Life’ in the name of all and for the… Continue reading How Would the Culture of Death and the Culture of Life Respond to Coronavirus?
Not the Lent We Asked For, But the Lent We Need.
If this is the Lent that we need, how can we respond to it, and what good is God doing amidst the present difficulties?
What Does a Christian Response to Coronavirus Look Like?
How should Christian believers respond to the spread of coronavirus? Here are four simple things to do (or not do).
Coronavirus and the Spiritual Pandemic of Sin
Given all the emergency procedures being put in place to combat physical disease, why aren’t we doing more to stop being from killing themselves with the Eucharist?
Warren, Bloomberg, and Abortion Doublespeak
In the last 24 hours alone, there were two egregious examples of the dishonest doublespeak that we use in describing abortion. The first is from a CNN article by Caroline Kelly: Did you catch that? She said that the bill “would require abortion providers to work to ‘preserve the life and health’ of a fetus… Continue reading Warren, Bloomberg, and Abortion Doublespeak
7 Quick Ways to Understand the New “Sunday of the Word of God”
Today, the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, we celebrate the “Sunday of the Word of God” for the first time. If you’re wondering what it’s all about, look no further!
David Against the Goliath of Abortion
How should we wage the pro-life fight, and what can we learn about using the tools of the world (like political solutions) from the story of David and Goliath?