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The Christian Vocation to the Beatitudes
I read somewhere recently (and I’m paraphrasing here), that “almost all of theology is spent trying to get around the Beatitudes.” The idea being that…
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Radical Witnesses
In a time such as ours where secularism is rapidly increasing and faith, particularly among the young, is rapidly decreasing, it can be easy to fall…
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Jesus: Lion and Lamb
“For he who cultivates only one precept of the Gospel to the exclusion of the rest, in reality attends to no part at all.” – Saint John Henry Newman…
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Lent: A Time for Repentance, Forgiveness, and Turning Away from Idols
This article first appeared on OnePeterFive. You can read the article as originally published here. I have spent the last seven weeks mostly away from…
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Building Bridges: The Story Behind Just Catholic
“I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in…
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Centering Our Lives Around the Eucharist
There is no question that 2020 was a hard year on many fronts — a pandemic (and its many side effects), civil unrest, and a major election have taken a…
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A lay Catholic lawyer's writings on Catholicism, justice, law, culture, society, postliberalism, and politics - all with the goal of building bridges, fostering solidarity, and growing just Catholic disciples that live like Jesus.

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