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1 week ago | 
catholiceducation.org | Anthony Esolen |Msgr. Charles Fink |Theodore Dalrymple |Jeff Mirus
Albrecht Dürer, Adam and Eve, 1504, Public Domain, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. I am relieved to find that Pope Francis has refrained from saying that someday we may be conferring, or pretending to confer, Holy Orders upon women. It keeps alive the possibility that the churches East and West may reunite. It averts an inevitable and devastating schism.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
catholiceducation.org | Donald DeMarco |Msgr. Charles Fink |Theodore Dalrymple |Jeff Mirus
Woodward Fire – Burnt Trees and Ash, Public Domain, courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsWe are all familiar with Blessed John Paul II’s description of the Culture of Death in his 1995 encyclical, Evangelium Vitae. The good Pope, of course, was not the first to notice and give expression to this phenomenon. In 1922, T. S. Eliot released to the world his account of the Culture of Death in the form of a modernist poem of 434 lines.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
catholiceducation.org | Josef Pieper |Msgr. Charles Fink |Theodore Dalrymple |Jeff Mirus
“The Incredulity of Saint Thomas” by CaravaggioThe difficulty of discussing proofs and counterproofs in matters of faith lies in the fact that, strictly speaking, faith is not based on proofs, or at least not on factual arguments which can be reduced to precise formulations, and thus cannot be deeply affected by such arguments. Naturally this is a somewhat misleading statement; but we are in deep waters here. On the one hand, of course, true faith does not arise like a bolt out of the blue.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
catholiceducation.org | Msgr. Charles Fink |Theodore Dalrymple |Jeff Mirus
Join the worldwide Magnificat family by subscribing now: Your prayer life will never be the same!Photo by Rikonavt on Unsplash. Peaceful souls are neither pessimists nor neurotics. They are not smug optimists, but have a wise and legitimate optimism, based on the heart of Jesus, for they know that nothing happens but what God wills and that for the one who lives in faith, everything is grace, everything is love. Mild temper, forbearance, goodness, and serenity grow only in peace.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
catholiceducation.org | Mark Judge |Msgr. Charles Fink |Theodore Dalrymple |Jeff Mirus
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash. I was experiencing grief. The feeling has been a part of my life since I lost my mother and my brother. What if I never stop grieving? That’s what I used to think when I’d ride my bike through Georgetown. I have a UPS mailbox in the city that I use to pick up packages. As a journalist I get review copies of books and DVDs, and it’s just easier to have a place to sort it all out. My ride takes me right past Georgetown University Hospital.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
catholiceducation.org | Msgr. Charles Fink |Theodore Dalrymple |Jeff Mirus
Join the worldwide Magnificat family by subscribing now: Your prayer life will never be the same!Image by 4222320 from Pixabay. Parents and educators give [to children] understanding of this divine mercy by believing in it and practicing it. … It is this faith which will prevent them from falling again, and, if they fall, they will rise again; they will come back because you will have acquainted them with the gentleness of God. They will say, “I know how good God is.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
catholiceducation.org | David Warren |Msgr. Charles Fink |Theodore Dalrymple |Jeff Mirus
Photo by Evan Lee on Unsplash. A vision of the world that cannot give meaning to pain and make it precious does not serve for anything. It fails precisely where the decisive question of existence arises. Those who have nothing else to say about pain but that we should always fight it are deluding us. … There is no human life without pain and whoever is incapable of accepting pain excludes himself from that purification which alone can make us mature.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
catholiceducation.org | Msgr. Charles Fink |Theodore Dalrymple |Jeff Mirus
Unknown artist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. “Practice” as an action has two senses. The first is to “perform” or “carry out” in a habitual way, as, for example, a doctor practices medicine or a generous person practices charity. The second is to “train” or “prepare,” as, for example, athletes practice for a game or musicians practice for a concert. Typically, we use “practice the faith” in the first sense.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
catholiceducation.org | Casey Chalk |Msgr. Charles Fink |Theodore Dalrymple |Jeff Mirus
Yet she is also portrayed as a virtuous, contemplative heroine, capable of articulating the desires and expectations of her entire people in poetry so brilliant and beautiful that today, more than 2,000 years removed from that event, it’s daily prayed by millions of Catholics the world over.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
catholiceducation.org | Christopher Kaczor |Msgr. Charles Fink |Theodore Dalrymple |Jeff Mirus
The Ghent Altarpiece: God Almighty by Jan van Eyck, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. In his fantastic book Five Proofs of the Existence of God, Edward Feser explains this argument at length. Inspired by Augustine, let’s begin with the reality that 2+2=4. Some realities exist in matter. A house is made of wood, nails, and cement. A dog has fur, muscles, and bones. Other realities exist in a mind.
