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Thomas Griffin (7/16/20) LISTEN: CLICK HERE Experiencing loneliness, fear, abandonment, boredom, and despair are some of the most potent and powerful emotions for a human being. These are times when we are left to our own devices in coping with them. Some were lucky enough to find themselves around family members; some were stranded withContinue reading “Catholic Cast Aways”

Daniel McQuillan (7/14/20) I write to you as a former college seminarian.  I want to share my experience with you so that, as one who’s experienced seminary life, you’ll know what to expect.  Your acceptance to college seminary is ostensibly a response to a divine call, a whispered invitation to serve Christ in a deeperContinue reading “Dear Future Seminarian”

Thomas Griffin (7/13/20) The song “Heaven’s Knife” by the unique sounding Josh Garrels is explicitly linked, out of all things, to the first book of the Bible, Genesis. We know the story full-well, but there is a piece of the puzzle that Garrels points out in tremendous fashion. It is often overlooked but it isContinue reading “Heaven’s Knife: The Weapon of a Free Marriage”

Thomas Griffin (7/9/20) From television to cinema, from politics to newspapers, and from family dinner tables to the water cooler in office spaces, it has been spoken of for decades. Our world has consistently echoed the cries of the Enlightenment: keep God away from us, life will be exponentially happier, intellectually more advanced and incrediblyContinue reading “God’s Protest: “No Truth, No Peace””

Thomas Griffin (7/8/20) Jesus “did not command us to like one another, but to love one another. He is the one who unites us, without making us all alike. He unites us in our differences.” On Monday, June 29th, Pope Francis preached a homily that circulated like wildfire over the internet and social media. HeContinue reading “Pope Francis and Destroying Discouragement”

Andrew Santos (7/6/20) “To err is human; to forgive, divine.”  – Alexander Pope In the face of such hatred that we have witnessed in recent weeks, it is hard not to be filled with despair. Although everything appears to be overcome by darkness, it is precisely in these moments that the examples of the saintsContinue reading “Assunta Goretti: The Mother of a Saint”

Thomas Griffin (7/5/20) Matthew 11:25-30 – Sunday Gospel Lately, people are burdened, frustrated, and discouraged due to the current state of society and the rise of a culture that appears to be unrecognizable at times. Many newsrooms, websites, and voices across the country are claiming these times are among the worst that we have seen. Continue reading “When Burdened, Be With Him”

Thomas Griffin (7/3/20) In our present moment in history, there is much to doubt or be cautious about in the arena of God and the good. Our nation appears to be more divided than ever, the globe cannot seem to shake this unprecedented pandemic, dialogue and discussion are being replaced with mob rule, and ourContinue reading “St. Thomas: Restoration of Doubt”