- Jul 20
- 9 min
Why the Liturgy? Looking Back at Vatican II
Liturgy is the source and summit of the Christian life. Simply put, it’s a big deal. Like me, many of you probably associate Vatican II...
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- Jul 20
- 4 min
Remember That You Have To Die
Do you remember when you first realized that you would eventually die? I do. Each summer, my family visited my great aunt’s cottage on...
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- May 28
- 3 min
Evangelical Resilience
Many Christians are bound to become pessimistic and discouraged after not seeing much fruit from all their labors in catechesis and...
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- May 18
- 3 min
Practical Atheism and the Call to Holiness
A quick glance at the cultural landscape and its receptiveness to the Gospel might make the evangelist a tad resigned. Given that the...
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- Apr 14
- 4 min
The Collapse of Community
When I worked at Mundelein Seminary, I met many old-time Chicago priests who used to tell me interesting stories about the archdiocese...
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- Apr 9
- 5 min
Understanding America
A colleague once told me that he heard Cardinal Francis George lament that Catholics in Chicago were treating Mass like going for fast...
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- Apr 1
- 3 min
Dancing Alone
In his latest book Mass Exodus, Dr. Stephen Bullivant’s description of the typical religiously unaffiliated person (a.k.a., “none”) in...
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