The Dispatch
One Christ, One Savior, One Shepherd
On the Readings for April 22, 2018, the Fourth Sunday of Easter […]
St. John
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Faith, Love, and Obedience: Marks of the True Disciple
On the Readings for April 8, 2018, Second Sunday of Easter and Sunday of Divine Mercy […]
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“Holy Virgin, Holy Mother, assumed into Heaven, pray for us.”
The witness of Mary needs to be highlighted for the benefit of all women and for the good of all society. In her dual identity […]
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Cana, Signs, and Sacraments
Readings: • Is 62:1-5 • Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 9-10 • 1 Cor 12:4-11 • Jn 2:1-11 The Gospel of John contains some seventeen direct references to signs (semeia), which is St. John’s term for […]
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Love In an age of tolerance and abortion
One of the accusations most often leveled against Catholics is that we are “intolerant.” The world calls us intolerant because we don’t accept everything people do without question or protest. It’s a somewhat bitter irony […]
Essay
The Gift of Filial Adoption
The Truth of the filial adoption in Christ, which is intrinsically supernatural, constitutes the synthesis of the entire Divine Revelation. Being adopted by God as sons is always a gratuitous gift of grace, the most […]
Essay
The wounds of Christ and the doubt of Thomas
It is not an accident that Thomas comes to faith, not by simply seeing an apparition of Jesus, but only after being instructed to pay […]