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The silence of Joseph
The family is the school of holiness
Dec 28, 2025
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Sorrow and Joy
Gaudete Sunday and the first day Hanukkah should be a time for joy, but joy is always leavened by sorrow
Dec 15, 2025
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Looking Towards the Light
Like the Magi, we must follow the light no matter how dark it gets
Dec 12, 2025
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This Present Darkness
Aug 29, 2025
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This Deathless Death
Feb 7, 2025
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15 Reasons I Returned to the Church
Nov 12, 2025
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The God-shaped hole in my head
Sep 10, 2024
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A Different Darkness
May 22, 2025
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A Son of St. Augustine
May 14, 2025
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A Devotion For Every Day
Thanks to Pope Benedict XVI and the Ordinariate, the Anglo-Catholic prayer tradition continues to enrich English-language prayer.
Dec 5, 2025
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Thankfulness, in good times and bad
Learning to be grateful even for our trials.
Nov 26, 2025
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The throne of Christ is the human heart
Is it a throne worthy of a king?
Nov 23, 2025
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15 Reasons I Returned to the Church
What keeps us in this fractious, frustrating, glorious, impossible Church?
Nov 12, 2025
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The Black Vespers
An All Hallows devotional tradition
Oct 31, 2025
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Knowing when you need God
"Lord, have mercy, on me, a sinner."
Oct 26, 2025
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My Prayer Routine: How It's Going
Eh, pretty good, I guess. Could be better, y'know? Part the Second.
Oct 16, 2025
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An Owl Among the Ruins
Spiritual notes by Catholic Deacon and Benedictine Oblate Thomas L. McDonald
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