Any of us can occasionally fall into the trap of believing that the life we lead, the things that interest us, the occupations we work at or our unique circumstances are somehow accidental to the Lord’s call for our life. They are not. The Lord never does anything or allows anything to happen by accident; there is purpose to everything […]
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Catholic Quote of the Day — from Blessed John Henry Newman
“Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning.” (Blessed John Henry Newman) Print this entry
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
“Christianity is not a highly complicated collection of so many dogmas that it is impossible for anyone to know them all; it is not something exclusively for academicians who can study these things, but it is something simple: God exists and God is close in Jesus Christ.” (Pope Benedict XVI, Questions and Answers, OSV 2008) Print this entry
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
“Only when we meet the living God in Christ do we know what life is. We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary. There is nothing more beautiful than to be surprised […]
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
“We must trust in the mighty power of God’s mercy. We are all sinners, but His grace transforms us and makes us new.” (Pope Benedict XVI, Twitter, February 10, 2013) Print this entry
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Blessed John Henry Newman
“Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning.” (Blessed John Henry Newman) Print this entry
The Principle of Finality and Teenagers… or “Is That Your Final Answer?”
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The tough question Every year, around November, I have an involuntary front row seat to the latest round of teenage angst dealing with University applications. One year was particularly intense because two of my philosophy students were debating between attending a nearby secular University and one much farther away run by the Dominicans. In one case their new found love of […]
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
“The world offers you comfort. But you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness…” (Pope Benedict XVI) Print this entry
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
“We must trust in the mighty power of God’s mercy. We are all sinners, but His grace transforms us and makes us new.” (Pope Benedict XVI, Twitter, February 10, 2013) Print this entry
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
“Lent stimulates us to let the Word of God penetrate our life and in this way to know the fundamental truth: who we are, where we come from, where we must go, what path we must take in life.” (Pope Benedict XVI, Ash Wednesday General Audience, March 1, 2006) Print this entry