Author: Howie Cassan
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The Matrix and the Gospel: Seeing Christ in the Code
Popular culture often borrows from truths greater than itself. Stories of sacrifice, liberation, death, rebirth, and the triumph of truth continue to move us because they echo the deepest story of all: the Gospel of Jesus Christ. One striking example is The Matrix. Although the film is a work of science fiction and should not…
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7 Reasons to Believe Jesus Rose from the Grave
The Resurrection is not a minor detail of Christianity. It is the center of the Gospel. If Christ remained in the tomb, suffering is meaningless, death has the final word, and our faith is empty. But if Christ rose, then suffering can be redeemed, sin can be forgiven, and death is not the end. “For…
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The Secret of the Rosary: A Prayer Carried Through Centuries of Faith
There are prayers that we say, and there are prayers that slowly teach us how to see. The Rosary belongs to the second kind. At first glance, it seems almost too simple: a crucifix, a string of beads, the Apostles’ Creed, the Our Father, and repeated Hail Marys. Yet inside that apparent simplicity is an…
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Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread: Is Matthew 6:11 About the Eucharist?
When Jesus taught His disciples to pray, He gave them the words: “Give us this day our supersubstantial bread.”—Matthew 6:11, Douay-Rheims Many Christians understand this petition as a simple request for ordinary food and daily necessities. That interpretation is certainly correct. Jesus teaches us to depend upon our heavenly Father for everything we need, one…
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Medjugorje: A Call to Conversion, Prayer, Fasting, and Peace
What the reported apparitions teach—and how Catholics can approach them faithfully Estimated audio length: 7:43Category: Marian Apparitions, Catholic Spirituality, ConversionTags: Medjugorje, Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Peace, Five Stones, Prayer, Fasting, Conversion At the Foot of the Cross Medjugorje is more than a disputed apparition site or a destination on a Catholic pilgrimage map. For…
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One Ark. One Church. One Savior.
A Loving Invitation to Come Home to the Ark Christ Built “And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” — Matthew 16:18 (Douay-Rheims) Imagine standing in the middle of a violent ocean. Towering waves crash…
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The Womb of Creation and the Breath of God
When we profess in the Nicene Creed that the Holy Spirit is “the Lord and Giver of Life,” we are not merely affirming that He creates. We are confessing that wherever divine life appears, the Holy Spirit has already been there. Before there was light, before there were stars, before Adam drew his first breath,…
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Mary Carried Jesus: Microchimerism and the Mystery of the Incarnation
When the angel Gabriel announced that Mary would conceive the Son of God, he told her: “The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.” —Luke 1:35, Douay-Rheims The…