The incorruptible St. Bernadette

She put Lourdes on the map. Bernadette Soubirous died 134 years ago today, which the Catholic Church celebrates as a feast day. You may know her better as St. Bernadette. Her life and death rocks the faith of atheists to this very day.

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Life is the key to happiness

The man who imagined “there’s no heaven” didn’t understand happiness. That catchphrase invoked by John Lennon, that happiness is the key to life, is backwards. Rather, LIFE is the key to happiness.

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Oh, to die of joy

The Catholic Mass exceeds my feeble understanding. Christ is there. All the angels. All the saints. The New Jerusalem joins earth in singing praise to God Almighty.

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The big questions

by Karen Quiner These are the big questions in life. All of us are looking for something. We all have a hole inside of us that needs to be filled. We are all philosophers of sorts. It behooves us to consciously ask these questions until we find the answers. Socrates said, “An unexamined life is…

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An intoxicating love affair with the divine

As I went up for communion, I thought of Mr. Dawkins’ comments at a gathering of evangelical atheists last year called “The Reason Rally.” He preached to the gathered acolytes the need to go beyond mere proselytizing his nihilistic religion, he encouraged mockery of my faith …

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