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Cormac McCarthy’s The Sunset Limited and the Chitchat Apostolate
Cormac McCarthy’s The Sunset Limited, a novel in dramatic form, revolves around a conversation between two men, Black and White, about the existence of God. White is a man in despair whom Black has...
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Suffering on the Road to Hope
From the first moment of birth we all experience suffering. A doctor rips a newborn child from a comfortable, warm, and familiar setting. Naked and thrown into an unknown world, he experiences hunger...
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The Grace of the Catholic Church While Grieving Suicide
Unimaginable Loss Tragedy struck our family in February of this year. My 47-year-old aunt Jeannine, with whom I was close, committed suicide during a night when she was lost in deep despair. A despair...
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The Catholic and Gnostic Views of Materiality Yield Hope and Despair
Simply, the Catholic and Gnostic views of materiality are, respectively, Good and Evil, which engender hope and despair. It is paradoxical that the modern adoration of materiality in the form of...
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Bear Witness to Jesus Christ, Our Hope
After we experience the touch of Jesus, we have a responsibility to become an effective witness of His goodness to those around us who are desperate for some sign of hope. I recently had a chat with a...
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Broken Harp: The Deadly Abortion Deal in Ireland
Ireland has always been known as a place of enchantment, particularly in its poetry, music, and dance. As if to remind us of this, the Emerald Isle itself is even shaped like a harp! But to adopt the...
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Hell Yes!
Many in the Church have made serious assertions that we can have a reasonable hope that at the Final Judgement Hell will be empty – that the Mercy of God is so great that even those that do not repent...
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Hope Explored and Explained
I have not done a word-by-word analysis. I have not counted the occurrences. I have not spent the time necessary to validate the following statement, but, it occurs to me that the simple word “hope”...
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First Reformed: Hope Without Optimism
First Reformed, written and directed by Paul Schrader, is, along with The Witch, at the vanguard of a recent renaissance of Calvinist cinema but still engages with themes of interest to Catholic...
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The Patrick Coffin Show:Hope When Hope Seems Gone-Dr. Aaron Kheriaty
The Patrick Coffin Show podcast features weekly interviews with A-list influencers and outliers in the effort to recover the Judeo-Christian roots of the culture. Patrick is the Canadian-born former...
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How Important is Comfort to You?
Comfort can be derived from many sources. It might be measured by the number of zeros in a person’s savings account, or in the size of their house. A title that has been earned or a promotion that has...
View ArticleWhat Good Is It?
Let us begin with a story: A man and woman, very distraught and discouraged about today’s problems, walk into a store and see Jesus Christ standing behind the sales counter. As they look for something...
View ArticleFrom Fear of Death to Abounding Hope in Christ
On All Souls Day, I attended a Mass celebrated by my bishop in a local cemetery. As always, this was a powerful reminder of the intimate connection we have with the dead. As we were processing through...
View ArticleMiracle in the Classroom
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12 We are living in a very tumultuous time in the...
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Hope Explored and Explained
I have not done a word-by-word analysis. I have not counted the occurrences. I have not spent the time necessary to validate the following statement, but, it occurs to me that the simple word “hope”...
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First Reformed: Hope Without Optimism
First Reformed, written and directed by Paul Schrader, is, along with The Witch, at the vanguard of a recent renaissance of Calvinist cinema but still engages with themes of interest to Catholic...
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The Patrick Coffin Show:Hope When Hope Seems Gone-Dr. Aaron Kheriaty
The Patrick Coffin Show podcast features weekly interviews with A-list influencers and outliers in the effort to recover the Judeo-Christian roots of the culture. Patrick is the Canadian-born former...
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How Important is Comfort to You?
Comfort can be derived from many sources. It might be measured by the number of zeros in a person’s savings account, or in the size of their house. A title that has been earned or a promotion that has...
View ArticleWhat Good Is It?
Let us begin with a story: A man and woman, very distraught and discouraged about today’s problems, walk into a store and see Jesus Christ standing behind the sales counter. As they look for something...
View ArticleFrom Fear of Death to Abounding Hope in Christ
On All Souls Day, I attended a Mass celebrated by my bishop in a local cemetery. As always, this was a powerful reminder of the intimate connection we have with the dead. As we were processing through...
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