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At a Jewish home for the elderly in Washington, D.C., a dozen residents with dementia gathered for their weekly rhythm exercises. The therapist directed each member to bang out numbers and shake maracas to the tune of Yankee Doodle. Some who seemed otherwise non compis mentis could nonetheless tap perfectly on cue. Alzheimer’s researchers report […]

Through the ages and the different traditions they have always taught us about the need for salvation and the fulfillment of a promise. We believe we know all about salvation and the fulfillment of that promise, but a big question arises: do we know the real purpose that God has in his son? We could […]

A través de los tiempos y las diferentes tradiciones siempre nos han inculcado sobre la necesidad de una salvación y el cumplimiento de una promesa. Creemos conocer todo acerca de la salvación y el cumplimiento de dicha promesa, pero surge una gran pregunta: ¿sabemos el propósito real que Dios tiene en su hijo? Podríamos encontrarnos […]

Two years ago, at age forty-five, I celebrated my first Advent and Christmas as a baptized Catholic within an Independent Catholic denomination. The first candle was lit on my small oratory table in my bedroom before I prayed Matins and Lauds, the official beginning for my day as, at that time, a Franciscan postulant. The […]

Editor’s Note: Please forgive the print version of this article. It was damaged in the upload and did not appear as it should. Below is the corrected version. The tactics and goals of Traditional Catholics would easily understood and appreciated by the MAGA cap-wearing Trump fans who are the president’s most ardent supporters. Like their […]

(An excerpt taken From Her Conception to The Conception.) In the Name of the Triune God. Concerning the appearance of the Archangel Gabriel, both the Protoevangelium of St. James (an ancient apocryphal text concerning the life of the Virgin) and the Christian Scriptures reveal, quite possibly, the greatest example of Our Lady as an icon […]

Editors Note: This story was written and submitted before the US Supreme Court issued its ruling in the case mentioned. The ruling was handed down on June 4, 2018. Evangelicals awaiting the Supreme Court’s decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission are in an unusual position: they’re looking to a secular court to […]

Many things happen everyday Ones that sometimes doubt my faith But one constant is there to listen And it is the Theotokos God-Bearer. She sweetly and confidently listens Even with the number of children ask for Her prayers Never a blind eye She turns Nor a deaf ear to Her people She covers us with […]

The theme of the cross is a very diverse and also quite profound subject, everything depends on the attitude one wants to address. Sometimes we also find the cross as a simple theory and perhaps as a theme of the liturgy, subtracting its absolute value as a reality. Just as I write these lines, I […]