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Jared Staudt

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Do Human Beings Have Infinite Dignity?

The Vatican’s new document, Dignitas Infinitas, published by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) begins, “Every human person possesses an infinite dignity, inalienably grounded in his or her very being, which prevails in and beyond every circumstance, state, or situation the person may ever encounter.” I believe Read more…

By Jared Staudt, 1 yearApril 10, 2024 ago
Lent

The Upright Shroud: An Overlooked, Mind-Blowing Detail

As we enter Holy Week today, my mind is drawn to the Shroud of Turin. I find the Shroud to be absolutely fascinating! It’s not that I’ve gone looking for anything I could get my hands on related to this great relic, but whenever I see something new about it, Read more…

By Jared Staudt, 1 yearMarch 24, 2024 ago
Prayer

Lessons from the Betrayal of Judas

In the traditional period of Passiontide, the last two weeks of Lent, we turn our attention directly to Jesus’s suffering and death. As disciples of Jesus, it should be sobering that all abandoned him on the night of his arrest, and only one of the twelve stood at the foot Read more…

By Jared Staudt, 1 yearMarch 17, 2024 ago
Art

Remove Rupnik? Immoral Artists and Sacred Art

The word “art” refers to something that has been produced, something that requires artifice. In that sense, we can judge its merits based on the product itself, rather than the subjective disposition of the producer. You can be a good painter and a bad person, for instance. We do not Read more…

By Jared Staudt, 1 yearMarch 10, 2024 ago
Prayer

Our Contribution: The Meaning of the Offertory

Is the offertory just an interlude? A time to use the restroom? In actuality, it has profound meaning, but one easily overlooked. We have an itinerary of sorts for the Mass from the words of the Gospel: he took bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to his disciples. Read more…

By Jared Staudt, 1 yearFebruary 25, 2024 ago
Feast Days and Liturgical Seasons

Penance in a Festive Season?

Even as we enter a penitential season, I’d like to reflect on penance in a festive season. This topic does have an application to Lent. Every Sunday celebrates the Resurrection, but Sundays still remain part of the Lenten season. Today is the First Sunday of Lent, for instance, not a Read more…

By Jared Staudt, 1 yearFebruary 18, 2024 ago
Advent

How is John the Baptist Elijah?

The Prophet Malachi foretold that Elijah, the great prophet who did not die, would come again before the “Day of the Lord” appeared: “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. And he will turn the hearts of fathers to Read more…

By Jared Staudt, 1 yearDecember 17, 2023 ago
History

Land of the Immaculata: Our Lady’s Patronage of the Americas

The American continents are mysteriously united under Our Lady’s care, with the entire continents having been placed under the patronage of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the United States under the Immaculate Conception. John Grondelski recently reflected on the fittingness of the United State’s patroness as the Immaculate Conception. He Read more…

By Jared Staudt, 1 yearDecember 12, 2023 ago
Culture

Taylor Swift and the Weight of Unfulfillable Love

Since everyone is talking about the Person of the Year, why not a blog dedicated to Catholic culture? That’s something I wouldn’t have expected until a friend sent me an article linking Swift’s songs to the medieval Cathar/Albigensian heresy: “The Dark Truth about Taylor Swift: Too Many Young Women Yearn Read more…

By Jared Staudt, 1 yearDecember 9, 2023 ago
Education

Join My Free Book Study on Ratzinger’s Jesus of Nazareth

Through the Institute of Catholic Culture, I will be leading a free book study of the Jesus of Nazareth Trilogy: https://instituteofcatholicculture.org/events/jesus-of-nazareth We’re starting with volume one but then are taking a detour for Advent to the Infancy Narratives and will finish with the Holy Week volume during Lent. Pope Benedict Read more…

By Jared Staudt, 2 yearsNovember 15, 2023 ago

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