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  Mature love or just going through the motions?

  Oct 26, 2024

  We know the inconsistency of our emotions. One day we feel affectionate toward someone and the next day we feel irritated. The same is true for prayer. One day we feel warm and focused and the next day we feel bored and distracted.

  
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  Collegiality of Bishops and Catechesis

  Oct 18, 2024

  In general, ‘collegiality’ refers to “the doctrine that all bishops, with the pope, have a corporate responsibility for the unity of the faith and of communion in the universal Church” (The New Dictionary of Theology).

  
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  Citizens of two cities

  Oct 18, 2024

  “The joys and the hopes, the griefs and the anxieties of the men of this age, especially those who are poor or in any way afflicted, these are the joys and hopes, the griefs and anxieties of the followers of Christ.”

  
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  Good Catholic literature forms knowledgeable Catholics

  Oct 18, 2024

  The Church is abundantly blessed with a rich tradition of Catholic writings and literature, which serve as invaluable resources for deepening our faith and guiding us toward spiritual maturity.

  
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  Refugees, Immigrants, and Jesus

  Oct 18, 2024

  First, God made the world for everybody. We are stewards of a property not our own. We don’t own anything, God does, and God made the world for everybody. That’s a principle we too easily ignore when we speak of barring others from entering “our” country. We happen to be stewards here, in a country that belongs to the whole world.

  
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  Finding freedom in the temporary

  Oct 12, 2024

  Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD

  
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  The science of confession

  Oct 12, 2024

  Jesus doesn’t wait for a confession from the paralytic in Luke 5:17-26, but immediately grants absolution: “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”

  
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  The science and powers of nostalgia

  Oct 12, 2024

  Nostalgia is far more than a sentimental journey through memory lane. It’s a complex psychophysiological experience that can influence our health, well-being, and perception of the world around us.

  
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  Our unfinished symphony

  Oct 12, 2024

  Peace and restfulness can come to us only when we accept that limitation within the human condition because it is only then that we will stop demanding that life – our spouses, our families, our friends, our jobs, our vocations and vacations – give us something that they cannot give, namely, clear-cut pure joy, full consummation.

  
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  Defending the heart of family life

  Oct 04, 2024

  Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Bro Ashley Chan