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Monday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
This is the word of the LORD that came to Jonah, son of Amittai: “Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and preach against it;their wickedness has come up …
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Why Did God Require Circumcision in the Old Testament?
You don’t have to read the Bible for very long before you arrive at the figure of Abraham. Most of us know the story: God calls Abraham to become the …
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Crisis of meaning, part 3: What lies beyond the Spider-Verse?
It’s interesting to compare and contrast the TVA with the other Marvel multiverse-policing organization, revealed in last summer’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: the Spider-Society. (A sequel to 2018’s Spider-Man: Into …
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St. Anselm—For I do not seek to understand that I may believe, …
For I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand. For this also I believe — that unless I believe, I should …
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Oct. 6 Monday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Bruno, Priest; Opt Mem of Bl. Marie Rose Durocher, Virgin (USA), Opt. Mem.
Today the Universal Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Bruno (1030-1101), who was born in Cologne, Germany. He became a priest and achieved fame as a professor of theology …
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Why God Keeps You Waiting (and How That Prepares You for Greatness)…
We live in a culture that wants everything fast—success, influence, recognition. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but that’s not always how God works. He grows things slowly, starting small …
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What It’s Like to Interview the Pope…
By now most regular Crux readers, and much of the rest of the world, knows that Pope Leo XIV gave the first official interview of his papacy to me for …
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The Wild Robot
The last third stumbles, I think, in reaching for even larger themes while settling for a standard Hollywood heroes-vs.-villains action finale—but, thankfully, none of this detracts from what the film …
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Pope Leo Has a Jerry Maguire Moment on Sex Abuse…
In the classic 1996 film “Jerry Maguire,” early on our hero, a highly successful agent representing athletes, has a crisis of conscience. In his epiphany, he realizes that his business …
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SDG’s Top 10 Christmas movies list!
Alas, between teaching both high school and university as well as my diaconal work, the only extracurricular writing I’ve been able to do is what I’ve called “quick wins”—i.e., short …