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Month: April 2022

St. Ignatius of Antioch and the Desire for Martyrdom

Recently, I had a conversation with a friend and fellow seminarian about the hostility that the Church is experiencing in our increasingly secular age. We discussed the possibility of future persecution and even martyrdom. My friend, a young and enthusiastic soon-to-be deacon, exclaimed, “Wouldn’t it be glorious to be a martyr for the Church!” I […]

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Practical Remedies for Sadness

The first remedy is to take the ideas which cause sadness in us and make them concrete, analyze them, correct, and control them. These may be ideas of (1) failure or mistake, (2) inability or sickness, (3) death of a loved one, (4) sorrow or trouble in general. 1. Failure in a career or business […]

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