Voting Catholic
Marty Dybicz
November 1, AD2018
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With Election Day looming (November 6th), we once again need to ask: Is there a Catholic way to vote? In order to be good Catholics,
Food, Sex, God, and Nature
Marty Dybicz
October 21, AD2018
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The sex scandals in the Church will not be completely and thoroughly dealt with until the rampant infidelity to Catholic doctrine throughout all of the
Optimism or Pessimism about the Church’s Future?
Marty Dybicz
September 26, AD2018
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I have read and heard both optimistic and pessimistic predictions about the Church’s future. Some are confident that this will be a time of purification
Does God Love You Just As You Are?
Marty Dybicz
August 29, AD2018
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The next time someone says, “God loves you just as you are,” or the next time you begin to say or think to yourself, “God
I Have Been to Heaven
Marty Dybicz
July 26, AD2018
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I have been to Heaven because I have been to a Divine Liturgy. In order to explain what a Divine Liturgy is, we must
The Greatest Challenge to the Catholic Faith
Marty Dybicz
July 2, AD2018
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This column is about worldview (metaphysics and epistemology) although it touches on social justice and politics as well. It is about the greatest challenge
The Eternal Beauty of the Mass
Marty Dybicz
June 21, AD2018
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I would like to offer the following reflections and practices that have helped me better participate at Mass. My hope is that reflections might help
Our Society’s Greatest Addiction
Marty Dybicz
May 31, AD2018
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What is the greatest addiction today? Opiates? Alcohol? Gambling? Mobile phones? Sex? Video games? Nicotine? The list of candidates could get very long. In the
Hate, Love, and False Love
Marty Dybicz
April 28, AD2018
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Hate has become very topical—“hate speech,” “hate crimes,” being “hateful.” Yet in the ’60s, when “Love” was widely proposed as the solution—the “Summer of Love,”
Easter Celebrates the Resurrection into the Kingdom
Marty Dybicz
April 8, AD2018
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When we pray in the Our Father, “Thy Kingdom come,” what are we praying for? Jesus most preached and taught not about love, but about
The Joy of Being Catholic
Marty Dybicz
February 28, AD2018
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Anyone and everyone should be Catholic: God wants it because it is the best way to be a fulfilled human being. But how is someone Catholic?
The Question Crying For an Answer: Why Be Catholic?
Marty Dybicz
February 2, AD2018
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If you were on a committee to interview candidates for principal of a Catholic school, what question would you ask the candidates? I was on