Andrew Logan
St. James the Greater: His way or Christ's way?
Most of us are familiar with the song “My Way” popularized by Frank Sinatra. In it, Sinatra croons again and again that he has lived his...
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Omar Gutierrez
Jul 244 min read
The Unremarkable Saint Who Does Remarkable Things
The Sacred Scriptures are full of stories of amazing things, some of which we tend to dismiss as probable embellishments of ancient...
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Evan Collins
Jul 224 min read
Mary Magdalene: Our Model Apostle
Mary Magdalene is known as the apostolorum apostola (the apostle of the apostles). In 2016, to emphasize her significance, the Church...
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Brandon Harvey
Jul 152 min read
Who was Saint Bonaventure?
Grant, we pray, almighty God, that, just as we celebrate the heavenly birthday of the Bishop Saint Bonaventure, we may benefit from his...
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Omar Gutierrez
Jul 115 min read
St. Benedict and the Pursuit of Joy
St. Benedict is one of the greatest saints of all time, and he has a lot to say to us today. Dcn. Omar explains.
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Brandon Harvey
Jul 22 min read
The Feast of Doubting Thomas
The cultural idiom “Doubting Thomas” is a reference to Saint Thomas the Apostle. It refers to a faith struggle for Saint Thomas that...
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Omar Gutierrez
Jun 242 min read
The Sound of Music and St. John the Baptist
What's the link because the Solemnity of St. John the Baptist and learning the C-Major Scale? Dcn. Omar Explains.
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Brandon Harvey
Jun 224 min read
Saints Thomas More and John Fisher, and the Catholic Witness in America
It does not take a genius to realize that something in American politics is sick. There is a rot. We can all smell it, and it...
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Omar Gutierrez
Jun 214 min read
Saving Your Father: The Story of a Young Jesuit Saint
Today we remember the example of a young man who, like many saints, bucked his family’s expectations in order to follow Jesus and in the...
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Brandon Harvey
Jun 143 min read
Midwest Catholic Family Conference: Are You Going?
Are you Catholic? Do you live in the Midwest? Do you have a family or come from a family? Then you better block off the first weekend in...
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Brandon Harvey
Jun 112 min read
Who was Saint Barnabas? What Makes the St. Barnabas Church in Omaha so Unique?
Saint Barnabas was an active Christian from the events testified too in Luke’s Acts of the Apostles. In Nebraska we are blessed with a...
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Brandon Harvey
Jun 104 min read
Why you and the kids should go to Mass MORE during summer break...
There are many cultural images and expectations associated with summer vacation: the pool, baseball, sleeping in, ghost in the graveyard...
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Peter Kennedy
Jun 86 min read
The Feast of the Immaculate Heart: A Remedy for Nihilism
The feast day today accompanies yesterday’s feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and it must be looked at in light of that particular...
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Omar Gutierrez
Jun 74 min read
June is For the Sacred Heart
Today is the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and in this era of Eucharistic revival, it really should be one of our most...
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Peter Kennedy
May 193 min read
Pentecost: Interesting facts about this special feast day
Today is the Feast of Pentecost, a rather interesting feast day in the history of the Church as it was originally a Jewish feast that is...
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Brandon Harvey
May 182 min read
Saint John I, Pope & Martyr
The last pope to take the name “John”, besides the John Pauls, was John XXIII (1958-1963). The first was born in Tuscany. He eventually...
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Brandon Harvey
May 142 min read
The Apostolic Priesthood & the Feast of St. Matthias
Catholic Christians tend to recognize with ease that the first apostles were priests, sharing in the priesthood of Jesus Christ. Not all...
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Omar Gutierrez
May 104 min read
The Saint Maker: St. John of Avila
Saints make saints,” is a truism when it comes to the work towards holiness, and today’s saint is a unique example of that truism.
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Brandon Harvey
May 34 min read
The Feast of Saints Philip and James the Lesser
Today is the Feast of the Apostles St. Philip and St. James the Lesser (not to be confused with James the Greater). The Collect Prayer...
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Omar Gutierrez
May 13 min read
Work, Salvation, and the Just Man
Today is the Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker, a celebration founded by Pope Pius XII in 1955. He founded it in part to combat...
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