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A selection of past spiritually-enriching articles and essays

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Mary, Mother of God

Nowhere is the Fatherhood of God clearer than in the Motherhood of Mary.

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Your Word Is A Lamp

The psalms pinpoint for us the base upon which the whole religious structure is built: the fact of God.

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Contemplating the Face of Christ through the Rosary

Yes! The rosary is the beginning of this intimacy, a chance to meet Christ face to face.

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The Rosary: Present to the Event of Jesus Christ

The rosary is our standing invitation to be more and more with Jesus Christ in joy, in light, in sorrow, and in glory.

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The Schools of Spirituality: A Summary

There is a danger in the study of spirituality. An old friend once called it “the curse of the pointer.” As we study and try one method of prayer and then another, we can point to this insight and that gripping passage.

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Understanding the Cistercian Tradition

The Order of Cîteaux, or the Cistercians, came into being at the end of the 11th century (1098), in some swampy forests about twelve and a half miles from Dijon, the capital of Burgundy. After several other attempts, among them one at Molesmes which survived, the dozen or so founders ended up by withdrawing into this region, still uninhabitable at...

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The Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran: The Cathedral of the World

“The most holy church of the Lateran, the mother and head of all the churches of the city and the world!” Those words, in Latin, greet every pilgrim entering through the front door of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome, and clearly proclaim the Lateran’s significance in Christianity.

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Corpus Christi

In the Eucharist, we come to share in Christ’s own divine life.

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The Annunciation, Botticelli (c. 1444-1510), MET, NYC, USA. Public domain.