Category: Catholicism
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Fortitude: What It Is and Why You Need It
Fortitude is the cool virtue. Fortitude sells. It is fortitude, also known as courage, strength, bravery, grit, etc., that is the virtue at the heart of virtually all action movies, adventure novels, and RPG video games. Fortitude propels John McClane to the top of Nakatomi Plaza to battle terrorists in Die Hard. Fortitude drives Sam…
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10 Good & Bad Aspects of Pandemic Mass for Families
My family and I started going back to Mass in person. This was not an easy decision, but it is a real blessing after months of video Mass to be back to participating in person. That said, thing have changed. At our parish, some of the changes include encouraging attendees to wear face masks, closing…
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Can You Have Too Much Mercy? Reading Pope Francis’s The Name of God is Mercy
The Name of God is Mercy by Pope Francis and Andrea Tornielli I recall stopping to think, coffee cup mid-air, when I first heard these words from Pope Francis: I would think that a few very rigid people would do well to slip a little, so that they could remember that they are sinners and…
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