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Three Persons in One God: More Than Just Doctrine

Michael Baruzzini — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:00:56 +0000

“Let us make man in our image,” God says in the book of Genesis (1:26), using a curious plural that seems out of place in the scriptures of a monotheistic faith. Indeed every other reference in the early Creation story…

Imitating the Trinity

Fr. Jerome Magat — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:00:51 +0000

Catholics take for granted the notion of speaking of God as a Trinity. From our earliest days of training in the Faith, we are taught to make the Sign of the Cross — the most basic prayer any Catholic learns…

Coming Out As a Human: A Response to the Huffington Post’s “Gay Priest”

Steve Gershom — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:00:49 +0000

At first I thought Father Gary Meier’s recent article at HuffPo, where he comes out as a gay Catholic priest, was just the usual narcissistic twaddle: damaging and scandalous, certainly, but forgivable enough for someone who’s been taught to think…

Love, Peace and Joy

Food For Thought — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:00:15 +0000

The gospel teaches us about the sanctity of the sacrament of marriage. It is truly God’s will for us to be faithful to our marriage vows. Christ said that husband and wife become one flesh and thus “let no one…

Is the Trinity Relevant?

Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:00:04 +0000

Many are ready to give a polite nod of some sort to Jesus of Nazareth. Most honor him as a great moral teacher. Many even confess him as Savior. But the Incarnation of the Eternal God? Second person of the…

Sts. Donatian and Rogatian (Martyrs)

Celine McCoy — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Donatian and Rogatian were brothers of a notable Roman-Gallo family living in Nantes, Brittany. Donatian had become a convert to Christianity and led such an edifying life that his brother Rogatian was eventually moved to desire the sacrament of baptism.…

Fatima and the Theology of the Body: Part II

Christopher West — Thu, 23 May 2013 05:00:47 +0000

In honor of Mary, I’ve chosen to focus my columns this month on what I consider an intriguing connection between the messages of Fatima and John Paul II’s Theology of the Body (TOB). In the previous column, I explained how…

Holiness Now

Fr. Ed Broom — Thu, 23 May 2013 05:00:28 +0000

The primary purpose of man on earth is to know God, love God, and serve God in this short life so as to be happy with him forever in heaven. This is a clear and unequivocal truth taught in the…

The Gravity of Sin

Food For Thought — Thu, 23 May 2013 05:00:14 +0000

Causing the little ones to commit sin is so grave that it merits drowning with a millstone around the neck to make sure that the tempter really perishes in the depths. The evangelist also presents the catechesis of the gravity…

CE Forum : Did the Consecration of Russia Take Place or Not?

CE Editor — Thu, 23 May 2013 05:00:05 +0000

Welcome to the Catholic Exchange Forum! CE readers always keep the combox very lively, and that gave us the idea to start a once-a-week Forum specifically for you, the reader, to discuss and debate particular tough questions related to the…