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You’re Training Your Soul for Eternity
“Let no one think he can be totally indifferent to God in this life and suddenly develop a capacity for Him at the moment of death.”—Fulton J. Sheen One of the most dangerous spiritual bugs we can install into our lives is this: “I’ll get serious about God later.” Later, when life slows down.Later, when…
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What Began in Eden Points to Calvary
The Bride From the Side There is a mystery hidden in the opening pages of Genesis that reaches its fulfillment beneath the Cross. In the garden, Adam is cast into a deep sleep. God opens his side, and from his side comes the woman who will become his bride: “Then the Lord God cast a…
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When We Ask the World to Be Heaven
Gratitude is a powerful antidote to disappointment because it encourages us to appreciate what we have rather than what we should have. By shifting our focus from what is missing to what is present, we can find fulfillment and contentment in the here and now.
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The Earling Exorcism: Father Theophilus Riesinger’s 23-Day Battle in Iowa
The extraordinary case of Emma Schmidt, the claims preserved by witnesses, and the victory that belongs to Jesus Christ alone. In 1928, inside a secluded convent near Earling, Iowa, a Capuchin priest began a solemn exorcism that would become one of the most widely discussed cases of alleged demonic possession in American Catholic history. The…
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No, the Eye in the Triangle Is Not Automatically “Illuminati”
That mysterious eye above the altar has a much more Christian meaning than social media would have you believe. Walk into an old Catholic church and look up. You may see an eye enclosed within a triangle, surrounded by clouds or brilliant rays of light. It might appear above the high altar, inside a dome,…
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Becoming Like Little Children in a World That Celebrates Self
Matthew 18:3 and the Catholic Church Today “Amen I say to you, unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.”—Matthew 18:3 (Douay-Rheims) We live in an age that celebrates self-expression, personal autonomy, and the belief that truth is whatever we decide it to be. Modern…
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Beneath Her Mercy: What Christianity’s Oldest Surviving Marian Prayer Reveals About the Early Church
Long before Gothic cathedrals, medieval rosaries, Renaissance Madonnas, or the great Marian shrines of Europe, Christians were already turning to the Blessed Virgin Mary in prayer. One of the clearest witnesses to this ancient devotion is a short Greek prayer commonly known by its Latin title, Sub Tuum Praesidium—“Under Thy Protection.” Preserved on a damaged…
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Did Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich See Martin Luther in Hell?
According to some published accounts of the mystical visions attributed to Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774–1824), she was shown the spiritual consequences of division within Christ’s Church. In these accounts, Emmerich reportedly saw Martin Luther among the condemned and was shown that his rejection of the unity and authority of the Catholic Church had grave…
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Can Christians Sacrifice Christ Again? Can We Really Eat Jesus?
One of the most common objections to the Catholic faith is: “You can’t sacrifice Christ again. You can’t eat Jesus.” Both claims misunderstand what Scripture teaches about the Eucharist. Christ Is Not Sacrificed Again Catholics do not believe Christ is sacrificed repeatedly. Scripture is clear that Christ’s sacrifice on Calvary was offered once for all:…