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Doing Good v. Doing no Harm
What the Triumph of the Cross teaches us about love
Sep 14
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Deacon Matthew Newsome
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Jubilee Indulgence
In a few days I will be heading to Italy, leading a Jubilee Year pilgrimage to Rome and other locations (the timing of this pilgrimage with the conclave…
May 8
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Deacon Matthew Newsome
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Did Mary Experience Pain in Childbirth?
What the Church actually teaches may surprise you.
Dec 14, 2024
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Deacon Matthew Newsome
Those Rituals you Think are Pagan Probably Have Catholic Roots
I recently heard a respected Catholic exorcist claim that you shouldn’t knock on wood, because this is an ancient Druid practice invoking tree spirits…
Oct 23, 2024
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Deacon Matthew Newsome
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The Importance of Blessings
More thoughts on Fiducia Supplicans
Dec 19, 2023
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Deacon Matthew Newsome
Did the Church just open the door to Same-sex unions?
Short answer: No.
Dec 19, 2023
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Deacon Matthew Newsome
Happiness and suffering
My son had just finished a word game on his phone, the aim of which was to solve a puzzle to decipher a phrase. “What do you think of this…
Aug 3, 2022
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Deacon Matthew Newsome
Defending Life: Like Lambs Among Wolves
Homily for the 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time (C)
Jul 3, 2022
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Deacon Matthew Newsome
Our Mother at Cana
May is a month especially dedicated to the Blessed Mother. Mary’s role in the life of the Church is a point on which many of our Protestant…
May 11, 2022
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Deacon Matthew Newsome
The Catholic Church & the Sanctity of Life
With the news coming out this week of a leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade, now is a good time to…
May 4, 2022
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Deacon Matthew Newsome
Did Jesus go to hell?
When most of us hear the word “hell,” we think of the place of the damned, what the Catechism defines as the “state of definitive…
Apr 20, 2022
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Deacon Matthew Newsome
The Mother of the Son
Catholics ring in the New Year on January 1 with the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God. Coming eight days after December 25, we conclude the…
Jan 1, 2022
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Deacon Matthew Newsome
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