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Sperm Donor Recalls Meeting His Donor-Daughter by Chelsea Zimmerman - BigPulpit.com

Gender & a Sacramental View of the Body – Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing

Families Support Each Other – Julie Machado, Ignitum Today

New & Notable Books (January 2014) - Brandon Vogt

Catholic Parenting: What I’ve Done Right – Leila Miller, Catholic Stand

The Closing of the Scientific Mind - William M. Briggs PhD

Can You Be Catholic & Feminist? - Laura McAlister, Ignitum Today

If Atheism Is True, Does Life Still Have Meaning? - Jennifer Fulwiler, Strange Notions

1864: Death of Dagger John – Donald R. McClarey JD, The American Catholic

Dive Into a New Genre of Video Games - Eugene Gan, Aleteia

Angelic Fallacies: Why Science Is Hard to Learn – Stacy Trasancos PhD

Understanding the Slavery-Abortion Analogy - Justin Dyer

Pope Francis Shocked by Same-Sex Adoption – BigPulpit.com

Is Opposing Contraception Denying Care? - Joel Whitaker, Modern Catholic

Is This “Real” Reform, Restricting Title of Monsignor? – The Motley Monk, The American Catholic

Paul VI: A Pope of Contradictions - Peter Kwasniewski, New Liturgical Movement

Believing Without Evidence - James Chastek PhL, Just Thomism

Love’s Way Out - Sr. Lisa Marie Doty FDCC, Nunspeak

What’s In Your Closet? - Laura B. Nelson, CatholicMom.com

Why Was Jesus Baptized? The Feast of the Baptism - John Bergsma, The Sacred Page

“If Nigeria Falls to Islamic Extremists . . . Africa at Risk” - ACN-USA

The Gap Widens - Saint Etheldreda’s Place

– Mark Lambert, De Omnibus Dubitandum Est

The Magi: Misconceptions & Mythicism – Sandra Miesel, Ignatius Insight Scoop

Quæritur: Genuflecting During the O. F. Creed - Fr. Z’s Blog

Masterpieces of Gregorian Chant: Rorate Cæli - Fulvio Rampi, Chiesa

De Blasio’s French Lessons – God & Caesar

Myth for the Masses - Fr. Dwight Longenecker

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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.