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Daniel Esparza
The Desert Fathers Knew Something About Long, Hot Days
Fifteen centuries before the smartphone, the monks of Egypt named a spiritual illness that strikes hardest in summer heat. Thei...
Fr. Mike Schmitz
What Does It Mean to Bear Fruit?
What does Jesus mean when he tells us to “bear fruit”? Fr. Mike Schmitz explains that bearing fruit isn’t simply about being pr...
David Drury
Learning Rest From the Trees
As it turns out, trees have been falling in the forest without making a sound since the beginning of time. Not down — just asle...
Kate Oczypok
Finding a New Church Community After Moving Away
Three-and-a-half years ago, my husband and I moved to Pittsburgh from Maryland to be closer to family, leaving behind a church ...
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Why do you need a crucifix on your wall?
An exorcist cleansed a local house of oppressive spirits, some time ago. A friend of the priest who exorcised it told me that h...
The False Selves of the Evil Tenants
Every one of us is shadowed by an illusory person: a false self. This is the man that I want myself to be but who cannot exist,...
A Simple Way to Pray Always
After my liberation many people said to me: "Father, in prison you must have had a lot of time to pray." It was not as simple ...