Mothering is a presence that pulses in flesh and blood. A love that can never go absent, even when it looks like it has left.
On Ascension, absence and true love
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Filed Under: Commentary
Walking the Emmaus road as a family
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Filed Under: Commentary, Easter
The road to Emmaus reminds us that Christ goes with us everywhere, walking and talking among us: in our conversations and debates, in ordinary meals and sacred liturgies, in journeys near and far. Our hearts burn within us, too, whenever we realize he has been right next to us all along.
Family is where we learn to serve the least among us
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Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life
Family is the way that we learn to love, serve and humble ourselves over and over again to care for Christ in our midst.
The power of a ‘nudge’ to pray
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Filed Under: Commentary
Learning about the power of the nudge can help us make — and keep — new habits.
Every dawn an Advent, every day a New Year
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Filed Under: Advent, Commentary
Each day we stand before the doors of chronos and kairos. We can enter into the frantic, fast-paced, nonstop rush of consumerist culture, with its endless urgent cries of “buy, buy, buy” and “more, more, more.” Or we can turn and open another door, the quieter way of faith.
Liturgical living is for adults, too
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Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life
Celebrating the church year can be as simple as changing your prayer habits in small ways or incorporating the liturgical seasons into daily life.
And became man
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Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life
When I look at my sons, each becoming a man in his own way, I stand in awe of the untold moments and milestones that go into shaping who we are.
The most important prayer you already know
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Filed Under: Commentary
Sometimes the words we rattle off without thinking are precisely the place to pause and reflect.
The family’s call to change — and sway
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Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life
To sway is to move to meet the needs of others. Isn’t this the heart of family life?
See you in the story
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Filed Under: Commentary
Every time we hear the ancient words, in the quiet of the nursery or the hush of the sanctuary, the soul shivers with recognition.
In praise of singing
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Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Commentary
It’s a foretaste of heaven to look around Mass and witness the full participation of the people of God.
To feed the Body of Christ: What could be more profound?
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Filed Under: Commentary
Our parish has been bringing meals to our family for months following my cancer diagnosis, and their loving service is transforming my faith.
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