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Month: April 2021

Oedipus Rex in a Nutshell

OedipusOedipus Rex by Sophocles is more than merely a tragedy. It is a profound meditation on the relationship between fate and free will and on the consequences of that relationship with respect to the mystery and meaning of human suffering. Its plot is convoluted and provocative. Oedipus becomes King of Thebes after answering the riddle […]

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The Battle Against Satan: A Review

ExorcismExperienced exorcist Fr. Vincent Lampert provides pastoral, theological, spiritual, and biblical insights into the nature and purpose of the Rite of Exorcism. He bases the discussion on his own experience and on the biblical witness, mostly from the Gospel of Mark. The Gospel depicts the reality of evil during the New Testament era and how […]

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Saturday of the Third Week of Easter

Reading I Acts 9:31-42

The Church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria
was at peace. 
She was being built up and walked in the fear of the Lord,
and with the consolation of the Holy Spirit she grew in numbers.

As Peter was pass…

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On the border, locals mostly unfazed by alleged immigration ‘crisis’

A short walk up a hill at the end of S. 15th St. in Hidalgo, Texas, and two different realities exist. Local people and families enjoy a bike path, meanwhile, less than a hundred feet away, U.S. Army and Customs and Border Protection man what is considered a hotspot for attempted U.S.-Mexico border crossings.  

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Schismatic Stratagems

Fr. Gerald E. Murray: We have a duty to live in complete obedience to God’s law and a similar and serious duty to encourage others to do so.

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