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On November 7, 2018
Brandon Vogt

Shocking plot twists of science and faith

Word on Fire
Brandon Vogt

This is the first article of a three-part series.

In his excellent book, Modern Physics and Ancient Faith (University of Notre Dame Press, 2003), physics professor Stephen M. Barr recounts the typical story of the the universe as told by scientific materialists. It’s one of the best summaries of the naturalist worldview I’ve read, from any perspective:

“The world revealed by science bears little resemblance to the world as it was portrayed by religion. Judaism and Christianity taught that the world was created by God, and that things therefore, have a purpose and meaning, aside from the purposes and meanings we choose to give them.”

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On November 1, 2018February 15, 2023
Fr. Gregory Ihm

Helping people encounter God’s Glory

“Those who want to work for moral reform in the world must seek the glory of God before all else.” — St. John Leonardi, Feast Day October 9

As I prayed this passage from the Liturgy of the Hours, I recognized the importance of vocation work and what a privilege it is to help people seek the Glory of God but then respond to it in the way that He is inviting them to it.

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On October 25, 2018August 26, 2022
Sue Barry

All can work towards becoming champions of the Rosary

There are many books and resources for people to use to learn not only how to say the Rosary, but how to go deeper into the history and development of the Rosary over many centuries.

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On October 25, 2018
Fr. Steve Grunow

Halloween III: Jesus crushes the devil

Fr. Steve Grunow

In the spirit of the upcoming All Hallows Eve, a.k.a. Halloween, Word of Fire staffers fired some questions at the walking encyclopedia that is Fr. Steve Grunow. He responded with everything you ever wanted to know about Halloween and its deeply Catholic roots.

This article is the third in a three-part series.

Question: What does the Catechism have to say about Halloween?

Father Steve: The Catechism has a lot to say about the characteristics of heroic virtue and holiness of life that create the Church’s saints.

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On October 18, 2018
Fr. Steve Grunow

Halloween II: A Catholic celebration

Fr. Steve Grunow

In the spirit of the upcoming All Hallows Eve, a.k.a. Halloween, Word of Fire staffers fired some questions at the walking encyclopedia that is Fr. Steve Grunow. He responded with everything you ever wanted to know about Halloween and its deeply Catholic roots.

This article is the second in a three-part series.

Question: What is the relation of Halloween to All Saints/All Souls? Which came first?

Father Steve: All Saints Day appears to have a more ancient genealogy than All Souls Day.

The practice of a festival day to honor the whole Communion of Saints, rather than that just a single saint, seems to happen for the first time in the Catholic Church with the consecration of the Pantheon as a public place for the Church’s worship. This happened in the year A.D. 609 (or A.D. 610) on May 13.

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On October 18, 2018
Fr. John Catoir

St. Mother Teresa and C.S. Lewis emphasize joy

Spirituality for Today
Fr. John Catoir

The thing I remember most about St. Mother Teresa was her joy.

I met her three times in my life. Once when we were giving talks on the same program, once at a Vatican seminar on family life, and once when she asked me to give a week-long retreat to her contemplative novices on joy.

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On October 11, 2018
Fr. Steve Grunow

Halloween is a Catholic celebration

Fr. Steve Grunow […]

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On September 6, 2018
Brandon Vogt

Offer up your suffering like St. John Vianney

Word on Fire
Brandon Vogt

Excerpted from Brandon Vogt’s book, RETURN: How to Draw Your Child Back to the Church

In our daily prayers, let us call out to one of the greatest pastors in the history of the Church, St. John Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests. The Curé d’Ars had one all-consuming desire: to help his parishioners become holy.

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On September 6, 2018
Brandon Vogt

Offer up your suffering like St. John Vianney

Word on Fire
Brandon Vogt

Excerpted from Brandon Vogt’s book, RETURN: How to Draw Your Child Back to the Church

In our daily prayers, let us call out to one of the greatest pastors in the history of the Church, St. John Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests. The Curé d’Ars had one all-consuming desire: to help his parishioners become holy.

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On June 28, 2018
Fr. Steve Grunow

God’s love and the glowing heart of mercy

Fr. Steve Grunow

Hanging on the wall of one of the confessionals at my parish is an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The unknown artist has opted, as many have, for a soft Jesus, whose features are as bland and inoffensive as possible and whose heart is more of a glowing orb than anything remotely resembling flesh and blood.

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