Note from the Assistant Managing Editor:
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"Oh, the comfort — the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person — having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breadth of kindness blow the rest away." - Dinah Maria Craik
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New Resources
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The Path of Peace - Caryll Houselander - from Lift Up Your Hearts
Peace is Christ's culminating gift.
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Advent and the Four Last Things - Rev. Peter M.J. Stravinskas - Catholic World Report
Truth be told, we don't hear much of any of those four last things at all anymore — and we are all the poorer for it.
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What makes Jacob Rees-Mogg tick? - Francis Phillips - Catholic Herald
Michael Ashcroft has written a shrewd yet sympathetic portrait of an intriguing politician
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Being Leonardo - James Hankins - The New Criterion
On "Léonard de Vinci" at the Louvre.
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Deadly Superstitions in London - Theodore Dalrymple - City Journal
If the most recent terrorist attack in London had been an episode in a novel by a social satirist, it would have been dismissed as too crude or absurd to be plausible.
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Editorials of Interest:
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Editorials of Interest
An Advent Meditation - Catholic Culture
According to the Apostles' Creed, the Church is "one, holy, catholic, and apostolic." But when we factor in the reality of the members of the Church — like you and me — we're prone to disappointment. The litany of our grievances over the last 50 years just adds insult to injury. How do we recover from this mess?
Discernment Do's and Don'ts - NC Register
An Interview with Father George Elliott, author of Discernment Do's and Don'ts: A Practical Guide to Vocational Discernment.
How Gratitude Can Change Your Life - NC Register
Being grateful to God is a powerful exercise — one that can lift up the faces of the downtrodden, energize the lifeless and breathe a spirit of joy into the brokenhearted.
The Easiest Way to Pray as a Family - Integrated Catholic Life
The Catholic faith should not be a series of externally imposed experiences for our children. For catechesis to be effective, the Faith we pass on must be part of daily life — an organic way of living.
Fr. Martin's Neighborhood - Crisis Magazine
Mr. Rogers knew of life's monsters; his mission was to ennoble children before the monsters could strike. Fr. Martin seems to be enabling rather than ennobling. And it is for this reason that he has become one of the monsters.
Toronto's Catholic Schools Bow to the Rainbow Mafia - Crisis Magazine
On the night of November 8, 2019, the Toronto Catholic District School Board, after a long and heated debate, voted to adopt four gender terms into its code of conduct: "gender identity," "gender expression," "family status," and "marriage status."
Saint Justin Martyr
Saint John Henry Newman, pray for us
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