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Note from the Managing Editor |
This week, we are featuring the video of "A Harvard Professor's Conversion to Catholicism" on our site.
In the video, you will meet and hear the incredible conversion story of Roy Schoeman. "I saw that my two greatest regrets after I died would be, number one, all of the time and energy I had wasted worrying about not being loved when, every moment of my existence, I was held in an ocean of love greater than I ever imagined could exist coming from this all-knowing, all-loving God. And the other great regret would be every hour I had wasted doing nothing of value in the eyes of heaven."
Our reflection this week ponders this ocean of love. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux writes that God first "gave me to myself; and [then] he gave himself to me. And when he gave himself, he gave me back myself that I had lost." We owe ourselves, doubly, to God; and for the gift of Himself we owe God "love that has no measure."
I have found both of these pieces comforting in a moment where I am beset by worries, with our new baby in the hospital about to have surgery, with the new demands of motherhood, with the challenge of going back to work, with friends and family who are ill and suffering, with feeling like there is not enough time to do what needs to be done and what I'd like to do.
But these pieces teach me how to be like Mary instead of Martha — and not just through relying on my own effort of scheduling, and staying on task, and working Herculean hours — but simply through relying on God.
If I might ask for prayers once again, our little six-week-old son Joseph will be having surgery on his lymphatic malformation this Thursday.
Jesus, we trust in You! - Meaghen Gonzalez
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"God does not love us because we are valuable. We are valuable because God loves us." - Ven. Fulton Sheen
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Why We Love |
St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint Bernard: On The Love of God |
God deserves exceeding love from us, a love that has no measure. |
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Why Not Have a Bunch of Kids? |
Antony Davies, The Public Discourse |
Humans are, hands down, the single most fascinating set of creatures on the planet. If you want to understand how humans work, just make a few, sit back, and watch them do their thing. |
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Survivor Creep |
Theodore Dalrymple, The use of words tells us much about the temper of the times... |
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Cinderella’s Genderless Godmother |
Anne Hendershott, Crisis Magazine |
For the child — and the adult who knows there is still a child in all of us — fairy tales reveal truths about ourselves and the world. |
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Hard Sayings |
Fr. Paul Scalia, The Catholic Thing |
Many of Jesus' disciples who were listening said, "This saying is hard; who can accept it?" |
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The Mass of Vatican II |
CWR |
What the Second Vatican Council said about liturgy, what it didn't say about liturgy, and the central intent of the Council concerning the liturgy. |
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Hell — and Vocations |
The Catholic Thing |
The best vocations poster I have seen, without doubt, features a black-and-white photograph of a fallen soldier. |
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Jordan Peterson and the Search for a Meaningful Life |
The Catholic Thing |
Jordan Peterson's work has not only provoked powerful reactions from defenders of woke orthodoxy, but also reconsiderations by atheists, agnostics, and religious "Nones" about the wisdom of Biblical stories. |
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Atomized Moms |
First Things |
On my study bookshelf stands a stretch of pastel-colored books: my library of "parenting" literature. |
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Roe Will Go |
First Things |
Let me offer a prediction, free of any face-saving hedge: Next year, the Supreme Court will hold that there is no constitutional right to elective abortions. |
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NFP from a Priest's Perspective |
Catholic East Texas |
It was 5:12am, the first morning of vacation, and I thought I was about to spend a peaceful morning praying, reading, and watching the sun rise. |
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The sweet and sour of NFP |
Catholic Link |
It doesn't take long when first discovering the world of natural family planning to realize that most couples have a love/hate relationship with NFP. |
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