Even life's 'fluff' can help us attain salvation

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Thursday, July 27, 2017
Brought to Justice
Maybe it’s because I recently decided to apply to law school, but I’ve been thinking a great deal lately about God’s justice. Particularly, I’ve been thinking about how often we fail to see the depth, necessity and goodness of this justice. When we call God the judge,...
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Thursday, July 20, 2017
Seeing the power of compassion in Wonder Woman
I didn’t expect to have such an inspirational and life-changing experience in such an ordinary movie theater. I was so excited to see the new Wonder Woman movie for my birthday since I thought it would be an interesting movie, but it was so much more than that. It was truly phenomenal and lef...
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Thursday, July 13, 2017
Finding our vocations
Although we are each called to either the priesthood or married, religious, or single life, God is calling us each to know, love and serve him, and to grow in holiness. We each have different paths to holiness – different vocations that the Lord knows will provide us with the opportunities we...
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Thursday, July 06, 2017
Do you stand with refugees?
If you had to flee your home, what would you take? Food or water for the uncertain journey? Photos of your loved ones? A keepsake of your homeland? Your phone? Your passport? Each day, war, violence, persecution or oppression force...
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Thursday, June 29, 2017
Should we don our 'camo' all the time?
The other day, I was in a store’s dressing room and overheard one woman jokingly saying to another, “It’s all about camouflage, isn’t it?” I laughed a little to myself, partially because it is a true but funny observation and partially because the statement is entirely...
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Thursday, June 22, 2017
In for a shock
What I did not anticipate about post-graduate life is the set of spiritual difficulties it has brought. A host of forces makes commitment to prayer challenging these days: the absence of the faith community I built in college; the perceived need to split all of my spare time doing vario...
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Thursday, June 15, 2017
God wants to be in ALL of your life
Sometimes we might assume that God is only one aspect of our lives. We might compartmentalize him and push him into the religion box – keeping him separate from our relationships, our work or school lives, and all other areas. But the amazing thing about God is that...
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Thursday, June 08, 2017
Figuring it out
I graduated from college last weekend. In other words, I've entered the period during which I'm allegedly obligated to do scary, abstract things like "figure out my future." As I’ve gathered, figuring out my future means heading down the path that culminates in what we amiably call...
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Thursday, May 18, 2017
Go Forth
My younger sister’s high-school graduation at the end of May puts into perspective for me how quickly time passes. It feels like not too long ago that I was up on that stage receiving a diploma myself. Looking back, so much has changed; I regret not taking the new beginning as seriously as I...
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Thursday, May 11, 2017