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Join well-known theologian and author Edward Sri for weekly insights on understanding and living out the Catholic faith. Delve deeper into the Bible, prayer time, virtue, relationships, marriage and family and culture with practical reflections on all things Catholic. Don't just go through the motions. Live as an intentional Catholic, a disciple of Jesus Christ.
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Join us as we strive to do just one small thing for love of our Lord Jesus Christ. Each week Nancy will share about the reality of being a Catholic Parent, and how we are called to strive to raise saints despite the fact that we are a sinner. Often times she will be touching on topics covered on the Catholic Sprouts Podcast that week, in a way that is more geared towards adults.
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But first: A Blessèd New Year to All! Now for today's column, by St. Augustine of Hippo: We see, beloved Brethren, that you have come together to-day as for a feast and that for this day you have gathered here in greater numbers than usual. We urge you to remember what you sang a moment ago; otherwise it will only mean that your tongue made some no…
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By Msgr. Charles Fink. The recent kerfuffle over kneeling/not kneeling to receive the Blessed Sacrament brought back to me memories of a Church history professor I had in the seminary. He was renowned for his enormous library and his encyclopedic knowledge. Commenting on the redistricting scheme of the French revolutionaries, who decided that a sim…
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By Brad Miner. I've often written here about painting. Now, I want to write about music, a subject about which I've no expertise, although I do have 6,261 tracks on my iPhone. Act one of Noël Coward's "intimate" comedy, Private Lives, begins with an off-stage orchestra playing some innocuous tune, to which it "returns persistently," and occasions t…
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By Father Jerry J. Pokorsky. The Catholic calendar carries this noteworthy designation on various dates: "Holy Day of Obligation." The Church requires us to attend Mass in order to honor the Third Commandment. Those of us present at Mass should comply with a sense of duty. A properly directed sense of duty is holy and good. But salvation does not c…
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By Fr. Raymond J. de Souza. It was one year in a single day. On 11th May, the year 2024 unfolded for American Catholics. In the space of a few hours, two commencement addresses were delivered: Jonathan Roumie at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, and Harrison Butker at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. Much of what marked …
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By David Warren. The universe is gratuitous, unforced, and unexpected. To be literal, it is a Gift, and in form, a substantial passing from the supernatural. We are sometimes astounded by this reality; other times enmired in the boredom of existence. Whereas, in science, there is no Gift. Reality just happened. From the time we began to notice, it …
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By Stephen P. White. Duke Václav the First, sometimes called Václav the Good, ruled over Bohemia during the first half of the tenth century. Christianity was still very new to that part of the world (the modern-day Czech Republic), and Václav did a great deal to help Christianity - specifically Latin Christianity - take root. During his short life,…
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By Fr. Paul D. Scalia But first, All of us at The Catholic Thing wish all of you the most Blessed of Christmases, and a New Year filled with happiness and holiness. Now for today's column... We all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being changed into his likeness from one degree of glory to another. (2 Corinthians 3:18) Alth…
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Do you find it difficult to maintain your spiritual focus during this beautiful (yet sometimes stressful) holiday season? In today’s episode, Dr. Sri encourages us to maintain our focus on Christ this Christmas by creatively making time for prayer when we find ourselves outside our normal routines. Remember: the Lord really appreciates it when we j…
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by Robert Royal. Given all the toil and trouble of the human race in a fallen world, it's only right that we look to some peace on earth and goodwill to men in this season. There's certainly no excess of brotherhood and fellow feeling during the rest of the year. And let's stipulate: It's not just our happening to be alive at this moment that makes…
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by Randall Smith. In the movie Fiddler on the Roof, when the Jewish people in the fictional town of Anatevka are tragically evicted from their homes by the Russian government, one of them asks the town's beloved rabbi: "Rabbi, we've been waiting all our lives for the Messiah. Wouldn't this be a good time for Him to come?" To which the rabbi replies…
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By Fr. Robert P. Imbelli. Martin Luther speaks imaginatively of the Old Testament as "the manger in which Christ lies." Richard Hays begins his splendid book, Reading Backwards: Figural Christology and the Fourfold Gospel Witness, citing Luther's insight. Then, he expands the image: "[Jesus Christ] is the treasure who lies figurally wrapped in the …
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By Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM, Cap. But first a note from Robert Royal: Today is the last day for our end-of-year funding campaign. We've done pretty well, but I ask one last time for your attention and support. Let's finish this off with a flourish, so that we can all turn back to carrying on business and - more importantly - prepare for the immi…
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By John Emmet Clarke: But first a note from Robert Royal: Our great Catholic thing, the whole historical reality of the Faith, is so wonderful that, as I never get tired of saying, there's nothing like it. I won't indulge in a prideful boast and claim that The Catholic Thing is likely without compare, but some might. In any case, we're in our last …
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by Michael Pakaluk But first a note from Robert Royal: At The Catholic Thing, we are advocates for Faith - and reason. Which is why we bring you careful and consequential arguments like the one Professor Pakaluk makes today about kneeling for Communion. It's regrettable that we even have to make such arguments in the Church, but it's where we are. …
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by Francis X. Maier But first a note: Just four more days until the end of this fundraising campaign. We're very close now and need to finish strong. It's all up to you. And now for today's column... Year in and year out, the weeks of Advent and Christmas are a time for carols. In our home, they begin the day after Thanksgiving. They continue, more…
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Do you ever feel like Advent slipped by without fully engaging your heart? You’re not alone—and it’s not too late to refocus! In this episode, Dr. Sri explores the rich tradition of praying the O Antiphons, a beautiful part of the Church’s evening prayer and Liturgy that dates back to the early Church. These 7 powerful titles of Christ—prayed befor…
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By Robert Royal. But first a note: The Church needs to be woke - in the right way, as explained below - and here at TCT we're working on it. If you'd like to see that happen too, now's the time to help us move things along. We're in the last days of our funding campaign this week. We know you come here because you value what we do. What are you wai…
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By Dominic V. Cassella. But first a note from Robert Royal: This is the final week for our end-of-year fundraising campaign, and we need one last push to get where we need to be going forward. We all know that 2025 will be an especially challenging year for many reasons in both the Church and the world. Help us to meet those challenges. It's only y…
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By Msgr. Robert J. Batule. Back in 1999, the Cable News Network (CNN) featured something called Voices of the Millennium. The voices chosen were historians, politicians, actors, musicians, athletes, scientists, and a great many others. Some of these figures were well-known and others almost completely unknown, but they all voiced commentary on even…
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By Fr. Raymond J. de Souza. But first a note from Robert Royal: Christmas approaches, and I'd like this to be the last week of our 2024 fundraiser. So we need to step up the pace to get the several thousands of dollars we still need. The Catholic Thing comes to you with the very best commentary and news we can produce 365 days a year - 366 in leap …
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By David Warren. But first a note from Robert Royal: The always entertaining David Warren makes a crucial point today: the best education is when we educate ourselves. By coincidence - but we know there are no coincidences under God's Providence - a reader wrote in yesterday, while making a very generous donation: " I'm delighted to receive an essa…
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By Stephen P. White. But first a note: Be sure to tune in tonight - Thursday, December 12th at 8 PM Eastern - to EWTN for a new episode of the Papal Posse on 'The World Over.' TCT Editor-in-Chief Robert Royal and contributor Fr. Gerald E. Murray will join host Raymond Arroyo to discuss the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the Vatican's "…
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By Thomas Farr. But first a note from Robert Royal: Longtime advocate for religious freedom around the world, Tom Farr, reminds us today of something we shouldn't need reminding of: our first freedom. One of the greatest challenges facing us today is the way that many have tried to paint that fundamental liberty - and the things that flow from it l…
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