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Serving Catholics for 25 Years
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This week, our editorials contain several must-reads. The first is Paul Kingsnorth's Die Before You Die—everything of his is well worth reading.
Then is Reverend Peter M. J. Stravinskas' The Essential and Irreplaceable Role of the Laity, which is a beautiful reminder of the unique intersection of faith and reason in the Catholic Faith.
Finally, read Nate Marshall's excellent defense of learning a trade in A Career of Choice. "In a single activity, the world outside of me—a customer's leaky toilet—and the world inside of me—my thoughts and feelings and morals—were ordered."
God bless you all this week! - Meaghen Gonzalez
Image: The Virgin in Prayer by Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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"Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them." - Fulton Sheen
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| Why Do We "Practice" the Faith? |
| David G. Bonagura, Jr., The Catholic Thing |
| We all know the term. "John is a practicing Catholic." "Susan practices the faith." But what do we mean by "practice"? And what does it teach us about our faith? |
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| Our Lady of Guadalupe: the stories behind the story |
| Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture |
| The Twelve Apostles, inspired by the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, drew thousands to the Christian faith within a matter of hours. But spectacular as their successes were, their first harvest of converts could not compare to the astonishing yield in Mexico in the 1530s, when somewhere between nine and ten million converts entered the Church within a few years. |
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| The Essential and Irreplaceable Role of the Laity |
| What We Need Now |
| The great convert and thinker of the nineteenth century, St. John Henry Cardinal Newman, once was asked by his bishop what he considered the vocation of the laity to be. In an uncharacteristically laconic response, he quipped, "The Church would look foolish without them!" |
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| The Necessary Testimony of Hypocrites |
| The Imaginative Conservative |
| We are not perfectly transformed in our minds. We are still slightly hypocritical. But Christ still calls us to speak of his mercies. |
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| Celebrating Mother's Day the Catholic Way |
| Live Your Faith |
| Let's learn why this day is truly meaningful and memorable, in a way that reflects our Catholic family faith and values, in addition to finding a thoughtful gift to celebrate motherhood. |
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| Fr John Hunwicke, RIP |
| NLM |
| The great Fr John Hunwicke died on Tuesday, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. |
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| A Career of Choice |
| The Blue Scholar |
| Or, why you ought to consider taking up a skilled practice and pushing the kids in your life towards a career in the trades. |
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