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Thank you to all who have donated to our Eastertide campaign so far. We truly could not continue this work without your help.
We're reprinting several suffering-themed articles this week. But I think Jennifer Roback Morse's Kids Need Their Parents puts it into perspective.
Life is hard. We can't have everything we want. We must make sacrifices. But there is a reason why.
We do it for the most innocent among us, who need our sacrificial protection. We do it because this life isn't all there is. We do it because one day "He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain." (Rev 21:4)
There is a reason. God bless you all this week! - Meaghen Gonzalez
Image: St. George and the dragon.
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"Conservatism starts from a sentiment that all mature people can readily share: the sentiment that good things are easily destroyed, but not easily created." - Roger Scruton
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| Believing in Mercy |
| Father d'Elbée, I Believe in Love |
| This marvelous parable gives us a fundamental lesson about education. |
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| No One Envies Those Who Suffer |
| Carrie Gress, The Catholic Thing |
| In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, the Bennett family faces the gravest of circumstances when their youngest daughter, Lydia, runs off with the wicked George Wickham. |
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| With Him in the Desert |
| Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic Thing |
| I've been in the desert with Him these days of Lent, at the suggestion of a priest. |
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| What a Shame! |
| Br. Christopher Daniel, O.P., Dominicana |
| Shame is the pain that we feel when we are face to face with failures that we are responsible for—and especially when those failures and faults are visible to others. |
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| FROM THE ARCHIVES: Is Missing Mass a Mortal Sin? |
| Rev. William Saunders, Arlington Catholic Herald |
| I was visiting relatives over Easter, and sadly they do not attend Mass. I went to Mass, and reminded them that missing Mass was a mortal sin. They said, "Oh, that was in the old days. Missing Mass is no longer a mortal sin." What do you say? Please give me some ammunition. |
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| Lent Throughout the Year |
| The Imaginative Conservative |
| I'll continue to honor Lent in my heart all the year. The reason is neither "Catholic guilt" nor "Jansenism." It is that Jesus rose from the dead so that we might imitate him, take up our own crosses, and experience truly what it means to be an Easter people, freed to love and serve God no matter the cost. |
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| A Dignity Still to be Determined |
| The Catholic Thing |
| Reading the Declaration on Human Dignity ("Infinite Dignity"), issued by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) on April 8, reminds me of an old teacher-student story. |
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| VIDEO: Discerning God's Will For Your Life |
| St. Patrick's Soho |
| Kerri Christopher, MA, STL, works as a life consultant, helping people learn to discern so they can live with purpose and peace. Her talk explores some of the common problems in understanding God's will and how to practically engage in the spiritual art of discernment. |
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| Exorcist Diary: No Crosses in Hell |
| Catholic Exorcism |
| At the end of an exorcism session, one of the questions I ask of the afflicted person is: "What happened during the session?" |
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| Needed: More Good Science |
| The Catholic Thing |
| One of the unfortunate consequences of Einstein's theory was that many people thought it had proven that "everything is relative." In other words, they mistook relativity for relativism, something Einstein never envisaged and a connection he never embraced. |
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| Fraternity Against the Great Domestication |
| First Things |
| Sometime in 2023, a local chapter meeting of the Society for American Civic Renewal (SACR) closed amid laughter, toasts, and handshakes between future business partners. |
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| The Case Against the Abortion Pill |
| First Things |
| A woman is nearly three times more likely to die in the year following an abortion than in the year following a live birth. |
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