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St. Augustine: The Restless Flame - Ryan N. S. Topping, Crisis Magazine

Four Ways To Evangelize At Work Without Being Churchy – Ryan Eggenberger, Ignitum Today

Mgsr. Tomasi: “Intolerance Towards Christians is Growing” – La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Teaching NFP has Enriched Our Marriage in Many Ways – Ellen G. Hrkach, Catholic Lane

Is America Blessed by God? – William Doino Jr, First Things/On the Square

How Long Will People Believe The Militant Same-Sex Agenda? by The Ordinary Catholic of Peter's Barque blog – Big ulpit

14 Quotes on Latin in the Church by Sources You Might Not Expect – Saint Peter’s List

And Something that a Priest Should Have in His Holster – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

The Cardinal, The Invite, & The Political Upside – Patrick Archbold, Creative Minority Report

In Defense of Mother Russia - Bonchamps, The American Catholic

U.S. Weather Drought to Impact Altar Bread Prices – Brian J. Lowney, Catholic News Agency

Mary vs. Martha: Part II of II - Fr. John Bartunek, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Two Cardinals at Nellie Gray's Requiem Mass – Kenneth J. Wolfe, Rorate Cæli

Police say SSA Person Faked Hate Crime – Ben Johnson, LifeSiteNews

CUA Faculty Affiliated With Catholics For Obama – Restore-DC-Catholicism

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Edward Reginald Frampton, “The Voyage of St. Brendan,” 1908, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin.

Which Way Is Heaven?

J.R.R. Tolkien’s mystic west was inspired by the legendary voyage of St. Brendan, who sailed on a quest for a Paradise in the midst and mists of the ocean.