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The chapel was in complete darkness. It was so dark that I had to find my way into the pew by touch and memory. I couldn’t see the...
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Dominic Brown
- Jan 7
- 12 min
Nunc Coepi:
Your Guide to Making Good New Year's Resolutions So. The first week of January – the first of the new year has come to an end. Though...
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Acies
- Sep 9, 2020
- 2 min
Knowing the God-Man
Have you ever asked yourself the following questions: What drew others to Christ? How did His voice sound? Did He look stern most of the...
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Acies
- Jun 17, 2020
- 2 min
"Behold This Heart..."
“To know Jesus Christ is to know enough; to know everything and not to know Him, is to know nothing” (St. Louis de Montfort, Love of...
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Acies
- Feb 12, 2020
- 3 min
One Day at a Time
“Only a few people are ever given the opportunity to actually see how much they are loved. And that’s what this whole ordeal has been for...
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Acies
- Jan 15, 2020
- 2 min
The Departed
If you have ever lost anyone that you loved, a family member or friend, or anybody for whom you had a real care and affection, you have...
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Acies
- Dec 18, 2019
- 4 min
The Price of Love
Our senses tell us so much about our God. We gaze at a sunset; we contemplate a beautiful face or the breath-taking immensity of the...
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Acies
- Nov 30, 2019
- 3 min
Give Him a Chance
Happiness. It’s what we’re all looking for. It’s what drives our every action. It’s what keeps us going each day. The desire for...
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Acies
- Nov 26, 2019
- 4 min
Cross Unchanging
This world is our ship — so says St. Therese of the Child Jesus. Life is like a ship, not just because it’s meant to carry us towards our...
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Acies
- Nov 23, 2019
- 3 min
Mysterious Moment
Too many of us live in the past or the future. We are not in the present. Our thoughts, our desires, our affections — they are always...
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Acies
- Nov 16, 2019
- 3 min
God's Instrument
There is something incredible, almost ineffable, about interacting with another human being. What is actually happening here?! It is two...
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Acies
- Nov 13, 2019
- 3 min
Every Day I Die
It is strange that we aren’t fully living unless we are dying each and every day. Life is so paradoxical. If we want to truly live, we...
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Acies
- Nov 11, 2019
- 3 min
This is God
It’s so easy to forget. We kneel down in the chapel so many times, attending Mass, waiting in line for confession, or just making a...
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Acies
- Nov 9, 2019
- 3 min
Beautiful to Believe
“All that God ever does is forbid things. Don’t do this; don’t do that. And it’s the same with His Church. We’re always being told that...
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Acies
- Nov 5, 2019
- 2 min
Guiltless "Gods"
It’s quite extraordinary. When we die and go before the judgment seat of God, the devil (or whoever will be the prosecutor), will not be...
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Maria Merz
- Mar 20, 2019
- 4 min
What is a Holiday?
It’s Friday, the last day of your long week. You look down at your watch. Five ‘o clock on-the-dot. “Finally”, you sigh internally,...
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benbielinski
- Mar 20, 2019
- 7 min
What is Art?
This is the first part in a series on art - it's meaning and importance for man, society, and the Faith. The word “art”, for the...
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Acies
- Mar 18, 2019
- 11 min