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  • The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry

    Christians see differently, and that is why their prayer, their worship, their action, their whole way of being in the world have a distinctive accent and flavor.

  • Am I The Last One?

    Am I the last Catholic who loves Jesus and believes in the Lord and the Church, and is excited about the faith? …Sometimes it feels like I’m one in 450!

  • Courage Under Persecution

    Persecution and suffering can not be avoided or prevented. But Jesus reassures his disciples that God knows and cares about what happens to his children.

  • Christ’s Fire and the Revolution of the Heart

    God is a God of powerful and vulnerable love. Jesus knows exactly what we will do to his Sacred Heart, and instead of wrapping it in protection, he holds it out, burning with love.

  • The Distinctly Catholic Doctrine

    There is one doctrine in particular that you need to get right: the papacy. If Catholics are right about the papacy, everyone should be Catholic. If Catholics are wrong about the papacy, nobody should be Catholics.

  • The Cross and the Mass

    Excerpts from Fr. Barbour’s homily for Corpus Christi Sunday about the Eucharist being the most perfect symbol that contains the things it symbolizes.

  • The San Damiano Cross

    Saint Francis answered the Lord’s call by rebuilding the old structure of the San Damiano Church but then later realized that Jesus was asking him to help rebuild the actual Church which is made up God’s people.

  • Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

    Jesus tells them that when they eat his flesh and drink his blood, they will remain forever connected to him. These are difficult words, but they are important because they seek to show us our intimate connection with Jesus.

  • Why Remain Catholic?

    Even as leaders in the Church fail morally, the Catholic Church remains the mystical body of Christ, the Bride of Christ, and she’s worth fighting for.