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The Contemporary Fashion of Loving Ourselves

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 23 Sep 2023 15:23:19 +0000

I recently heard a sermon in my parish that encouraged parishioners to love themselves. It was not the first time I heard such a statement made from the pulpit, but my reaction was the same as before—disappointment. That was understandable. After all, in my childhood, youth, adulthood, and middle age, the references to self I [...]

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Why I Remain Catholic

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 13 Nov 2021 15:33:51 +0000

Not long ago a friend asked me why, with all the scandal and disappointment within the hierarchy in the Catholic Church, I haven’t left and joined a church more in keeping with the Gospel? "After all,” he added, “you yourself have lamented these matters in your essays.” It was a fair enough question, and I [...]

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Making Lent Meaningful

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 14:46:41 +0000

Lent is a time for deepening our faith and growing closer to God. Traditionally, for Catholics and many other Christians, it has been a time for prayer, fasting, penance, and self-denial in acknowledgement of their imperfection and mortality. Many also devote additional time to meditation on the Gospel by considering the relevance of its message [...]

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