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"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? • Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet y…

In the past week, we have seen — and perhaps felt — the spread of panic that has infected us more quickly than the virus that inspired it. • I want you to remember that we can choose to react differently. We can affirm the precious dignity of every human life, and recognize …

Wise words to remember as campaigning season gets underway. • #america #wethepeople #freedom #happiness #rights #evil #hope #catholic #chaput #quotes #elections #votes #election2020 #constitution #wisdom #words #campaigning #usa #trump #berniesanders #joebiden #democrats #co…

We don’t have to worry about the next thing—the next job, the next boyfriend, the next baby. It will come. We do not need to make it happen. We do not need to prove we are worthy. • The Surrender Novena says, “How many things I do when the soul, in so much spiritual and mate…

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,” wrote Edmund Burke. • We have a responsibility to arm ourselves with courage and knowledge—knowledge not just of the world but of ourselves. We must look at ourselves courageously and honestly,…

“Beauty will save the world,” Dostoyevsky wrote. When I look at the Cross—where Christ did save the world—I see Love. Our one vocation, our one calling, our one duty, our one hope, is Love. If we love, there is no room for evil. It is like sunlight on an open field, where sh…

So often we seek to escape or avoid suffering. We are unhappy when it inevitably comes. But instead of looking at those moments as pieces of time to get through—miserably holding on until the good times come again—we can see them as opportunities. • Fr. Tadeusz Dajczer says …

In our editorials today, we link to “Where modern marriage is going wrong,” an interview in @catholicheraldmag with Richard P. Fitzgibbons on his new book “Habits for a Healthy Marriage” from @ignatius_press . He says marriages “can be protected by uncovering a parental weak…

When Isaac was born in her old age, Sarah said, “God has made laughter for me.” In God, there is laughter. In Him, there is true freedom. Walk in His strength. #hope #freedom #laughter #catholic #strength #bible #quotes #scripture #women #faith #strong #sarah #isaac #birth …

Hope is an active virtue! #hope #courage #anger #staugustine #prayer #catholicquotes #catholic #saints