September Devotion
The month of September is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows, which the Church celebrates on September 15th. Devotion to the sorrows of the...
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Jenny duBay
- May 16
- 2 min
Writing Guidelines—Please Read Before Submitting Your First Post
Welcome to the CatholicismRocks.com blog, we’re pleased to have you as a writer! When you post articles, please keep the following in...
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Sean Murray
- Mar 6
- 2 min
Welcome First Blog: Tiocfaidh Ar La
I want to give a warm welcome to all conservative Catholics who visit this site. You are not alone, many of us are suffering due to the...
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fatheratchley
- 1 day ago
- 3 min
The Faithful Church
The past year has been frightfully wicked in terms of scandal issuing from within the Catholic Church: bishops silent while pro-abortion...
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fatheratchley
- 5 days ago
- 3 min
The Four Winds That Blow
Years ago, I heard an inspirational talk about the “Four Winds That Blow.” Although air is seemingly insubstantial, often it courses with...
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Jen Arnold
- 5 days ago
- 6 min
God Loves YOU!
Before I get into this week’s reflection, I want to provide a little background. As a catechetical writer, I always have ideas floating...
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John Gist
- Sep 13
- 0 min
The Fog of Doubt: Part II
How can meaning and understanding be safe if they are open to repeated interpretations and reinterpretations ad nauseum based on vari...
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Jen Arnold
- Sep 12
- 6 min
Catholic Calisthenics (Part 2)
Last week, we examined the various postures we use during worship in the context of the Mass, how they enable us to worship with our...
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fatheratchley
- Sep 8
- 3 min
Meeting Santa Claus in March
After teaching an evening high school confirmation class at St. Lucy's in Long Beach, I noticed Santa Claus with a walker sitting on a...
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Christina
- Sep 7
- 5 min
Soaring above the trees
Understanding what it means to become like children to enter the kingdom of heaven.
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fatheratchley
- Sep 6
- 3 min
In Need of a Mentor
Graciously, Catholicismrocks has offered me a spotlight to answer questions about the faith, morals and related Catholic concerns for...
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Jen Arnold
- Sep 5
- 6 min
Catholic Calisthenics
Have you ever heard the term, “Catholic calisthenics”? It’s a funny term used to describe all of the actions and postures we Catholics...
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fatheratchley
- Sep 1
- 3 min
Post-It
Little notes I post from day to day are ruminations on how my thoughts and experiences merge with the Faith. As all of us who write here...
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John Gist
- Sep 1
- 7 min
The Fog of Doubt: Part I
“Evil comes from a failure to think… That is the banality of evil.” Hannah Arendt Part I: The Fog Descends Those who believe the...
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peter.elliott
- Sep 1
- 3 min
Wealth and Autonomy
8/28/2022 0 Comments This week's Mustard Seed examines the idea that wealth affords autonomy. The Oxford English Dictionary defines...
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Deacon Schwerdt
- Aug 30
- 3 min
The Elusiveness of Humility
If you think you have the virtue of humility, then you're not humble.
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fatheratchley
- Aug 30
- 3 min
Foundation
Imagine a galactic universe in the future where mankind will have spread across the stars to form a vastly expansive empire. Now imagine...
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fatheratchley
- Aug 29
- 4 min
Beware the Jabberwock, My Son!
I’ve given it a day or so to think and rethink Fr. Paul Scalia’s article posted yesterday, “The Seriousness of Humor.” [1] I have only...
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fatheratchley
- Aug 28
- 4 min
The House of Weights and Measures
Metaphorically speaking, the Church is a house. More, it is our home. Listen to the Psalmist: “We bless you from the house of the Lord”...
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fatheratchley
- Aug 27
- 4 min
Divisiveness Must Cease!
I am a Traditional Catholic, as all Catholics ought to be, considering the etymology of traditio from Latin meaning that which is handed...
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