September 25, 2005 - Issue #86
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Daily Bread
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Daily Saint
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Daily Reflection
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Aneel Aranha
Fr. Fio Mascarenhas
Fr. Francis Jamieson
Fr. Jack McArdle
Fr. John McCloskey
Fr. Jude Botelho
Fr. Peter deSousa
Fr. Rufus Pereira
Fr. William Saunders
Mark Shea
Tom Frankenfield

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The Body’s Forgotten Ally: A Brief Defense of Corporal Mortification by Fr. Michael Giesler
It’s an interesting question. Did Leonardo wear a cilice or use a discipline? Though not mentioned in Dan Brown’s fantasy novel, The Da Vinci Code—with its bizarre and misleading description of corporal mortification—and granting Leonardo a certain religious fervor, it’s possible. Read more


For Better Or For Worse #39
Fostering Intimacy by Fr. Peter deSousa


Sheavings #30
Mercy by Mark Shea


Straight Answers #58
Mother of Sorrows by Fr. William Saunders


The Situation Room #3
Forbidden Fruit by Aneel Aranha


Come 'Ere Till I Tell You #09
Pie in the Sky by Fr. Jack McArdle


The Eucharist #4
The Penitential Rite by Fr. Erasto Fernandez



Bible Stories #52: The Story of Daniel - Part II
Storybook #13: The Eighth Commandment
Aesop's Fables #42: The Gnat and the Lion
Questions #50: How Long Is Eternity?
Things To Make #15: Compass