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Catholic Meme Monday— Issue 230 Hope you had blessed Solemnity of the Most Precious Body and Blood of Jesus! ♥️✝️🕊️🙏 Time for another…...

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5 Epic Quotes to Prepare You to Celebrate the Sacred Heart of Jesus The Catholic Church traditionally dedicates each month of the year to a specific devotion, helping the faithful grow in prayer, holiness, and reflection on Christ, Mary, or the saints.... https://thesimplecatholic.blog/2026/06/05/5-epic-quotes-to-prepare-you-for-the-feast-of-corpus-christi-2/

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Catholic Meme Monday— Issue 229

Hope you had blessed Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity! ♥️✝️🕊️🙏 Time for another Catholic Meme Monday. It’s good to get knocked down sometimes and slow down. Continue reading Catholic Meme Monday— Issue 229

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The Kitchen Table and the Kingdom: Faith, the Trinity, and Eternal Life

Guest Post by: David Tonaszuck A reflection on the Gospel of John 3:16-18 Dear Friends in Christ, There is a family in a small parish — let’s call them the Rodriguezes — whose story many of us who know them will never forget. A few years ago, their youngest daughter, eight-year-old Sofia, was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of leukemia. The doctors were honest but grim. The family…

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Forgiven and Sent: The Holy Spirit’s Gift on Pentecost

Guest Post by: David Tonaszuck A reflection on the Gospel of John 20:19-23 Dear Friends in Christ, There is a family I know—a mother, a father, and three children—who arrived in America with nothing but hope and the clothes on their backs. They had fled unrest in their homeland, crossing an ocean, believing in the promise of a new life. But when they arrived, the world was not so welcoming.…

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Catholic Meme Monday— Issue 228

Hope you had blessed Pentecost Sunday! 🙏🔥🕊️ Time for another Catholic Meme Monday. 🏀🙂🙏 Found this meme on a secular page but my immediate thought was this looks like the Consecrated Host after the Fraction Rite. 🍞 ✝️🙏 Continue reading Catholic Meme Monday— Issue 228

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An 1164 Word Interview about the American Catholic Land Movement

Editor’s Note: Matthew Chicoine interviewed Dr. Jared Staudt, via phone on April 10th, 2026. Some of the questions/answers have been rearranged, edited, and paraphrased to provide the best reader experience without losing any integrity of the answers given. What inspired you and Jason Craig to explore the American Catholic land movement? We were at the Augustine Institute about 12 years ago and…

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An 1199 Word Interview Catholic Author Paul McCusker

Editor’s Note: Matthew Chicoine interviewed Paul McCusker, Catholic author, via email in May, 2026. Some of the questions/answers have been rearranged, edited, and paraphrased to provide the best reader experience without losing any integrity of the answers given.  You had a well-established career before entering the Catholic Church in 2007. What drew you to the faith, and how did that…

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Catholic Meme Monday— Issue 227

Hope you had blessed Seventh Sunday of Easter! 🙏✝️ Time for another Catholic Meme Monday. 🐱🐯🐆🐅🐈😄🙏 Can’t wait! Continue reading Catholic Meme Monday— Issue 227

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Telling Tales like Tolkien: Catholic Storytelling by Writing Theme Last

Guest post by: Justin Orr Was JRR Tolkien a hypocrite? When JRR Tolkien set out to write The Lord of the Rings, he included in the foreword of The Fellowship of the Ring a line about his detestation of allegory. He stated “I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence.” And yet, Tolkien has also stated…

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United in the Spirit: Living the Love of God from Heart to Heart

Guest Post by: David Tonaszuck Reflection on the Gospel of John 14:15-21 Dear Friends in Christ, There’s a story from the streets of Calcutta that I think about often. It’s the story of a woman so small in stature you could miss her in a crowd, but whose spirit somehow filled entire cities. Mother Teresa, now Saint Teresa of Calcutta, walked into the slums with little more than her faith and…

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Catholic Meme Monday— Issue 226

Hope you had blessed Sixth Sunday of Easter! 🙏✝️ Time for another Catholic Meme Monday. 😂😂😂 “But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe.” —Acts 14:20 Continue reading Catholic Meme Monday— Issue 226

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The Simple Catholic Sunday Funnies: Episode 33

Welcome to another The Simple Catholic Sunday Funnies! Growing up, one of my favorite parts of Sunday was flipping to the comics section of the newspaper: a little pocket of humor, color, and light-heartedness to start the week. Now, in that same spirit, I’m excited to share this weekly collection of wholesome, funny Catholic comic strips. Thanks to the incredible talents of artists like Father…

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May & Mother’s Day: Mary Leads Hearts Back to Jesus

Sponsored: This article is made possible by Stella Maris Threads, supporting quality and engaging Catholic content. May is when the Church turns her attention in a special way to Mary, Mother of God, a season marked by prayer, trust, and the quiet hope that comes from encountering Christ “in her.”  And as Mother’s Day arrives in the same month of tender Marian devotion, it gives us a…

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Catholic Meme Monday— Issue 225

Hope you had blessed Fifth Sunday of Easter! 🙏✝️ Time for another Catholic Meme Monday. 😄😄😄 Happy Star Wars Day!! ✨ Continue reading Catholic Meme Monday— Issue 225

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The Simple Catholic Sunday Funnies: Episode 32

Welcome to another The Simple Catholic Sunday Funnies! Growing up, one of my favorite parts of Sunday was flipping to the comics section of the newspaper: a little pocket of humor, color, and light-heartedness to start the week. Now, in that same spirit, I’m excited to share this weekly collection of wholesome, funny Catholic comic strips. Thanks to the incredible talents of artists like Father…

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Led by the Shepherd: Finding Abundant Life and Bringing Others Home

Guest Post by: David Tonaszuck A reflection on the Gospel of John 10:1-10 Dear friends in Christ, There was a man named John who, for much of his life, felt lost. He grew up in a small town, knew the routines of daily life, but a shadow seemed always to hover at the edge of his spirit. John tried to fill the emptiness with work, with distractions, even with the approval of others. None of it…

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