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Month: February 2022

Walk this way to level up Britain

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The government’s levelling up white paper, overseen by Michael Gove, is commendable in many ways, not least in being a “moral, social and economic programme for the whole of government”. The document sets out how opportunity will be spread “more equally” across the UK. It aims to “restore a sense of community, local pride and

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The Skull is Talking to Me; Lent is Upon Us!

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THE SKULL TALKS TO ME EVERY MORNING! It says, “As you are now, I once was; as I am now, you soon shall be — remember your mortality!” No better way to approach Ash Wednesday and 40 days of Lent. Artists have painted St. Jerome with a skull on his desk. Popes were known to keep […]

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The Ancient Call to Fasting

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Why Are We Called to Fasting?“Yet even now,” says the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; and rend your hearts and not your garments” (Joel 2:12–13). An Ancient Practice Fasting wasn’t invented by Christians (or Jews, for that matter) but is a universal human practice that the Lord and His Church […]

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Prudence Helps Us to Live with Certainty

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Prudence Helps Us to Live with CertaintyIf you are dedicated to living in truth and abiding in love, it’s practically guaranteed that you will upset other people. That’s very stressful, but it shouldn’t keep you from acting. You are genuinely able to testify to the truth and encourage others in virtue.

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Ukraine, the Political and the Personal

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Robert Royal: People are praying the psalms for Ukraine, with deepened pleas to to God for protection against unjust Russian aggressors.

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But Mass Is So Boring!

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Our pastor said in a homily that the Eucharist makes us more like Christ. It transforms us. Well, I go to Mass every Sunday, and I find it a rather boring routine. It’s always the same thing, week after week. I’m just as impatient and critical as ever….

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Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time

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In the Gospel, we can see Jesus continuing to use ordinary incidents to illustrate the values of the Kingdom. In using the example of the sad but rich young man, he pointed out to his disciples the need of his followers for detachment from what the world usually consider as success.  However, after twenty centuries […]

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