This Thanksgiving, Please Pass the Rutabaga November 24, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window To be clear, I wouldn’t describe myself as a rutabaga enthusiast. It’s just that you can’t have Thanksgiving without rutabaga.
Grace times two November 24, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church During this season of gratitude, we might offer standard words or new ones to thank God for his many blessings. He is with us at our dinner table, following along with the conversations, enjoying the connections and perhaps marveling at how the little ones are growing and participating in new ways.
Just what we need November 20, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window I realize there is a glove in each pocket, long forgotten and left behind from last winter.
A Piece of the Big Host November 13, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window I love when I walk up for Communion, hold out my hands for the Eucharist, and the priest gives me a piece of the host that he has just consecrated.
See You There November 6, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window I never know what to say, but I know how to be present. And I have to hope that that’s enough.
The Crayon costume October 27, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church Whatever new challenges you undertake during this season, may you find they give you strength, clarity of purpose or whatever you are seeking on your faith journey.
‘You’re Here! You’re Here’ October 26, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window I love thinking of God’s love in that way, how he loves us simply as we are, with no expectation for what we might achieve.
Clean-up in Aisle 9 October 22, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window How often we create messes in our lives—whether we’re spilling something in aisle nine, hurting someone’s feelings, or taking a step that causes issues.
What makes us leave, what helps us stay October 14, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window I was thinking about how often people share with me their reasons for leaving a particular parish.
Fall Brings Sweater Weather…and Rosary Season October 6, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window On a page, the words might seem like a repetitive series. But as with many spiritual practices, the Rosary is what you make of it.
It rolled off the table and onto the floor… September 27, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Even though we had all been friendly enough earlier, the whole mood changed. We were no longer simply diners in the restaurant.
The day I hit my Mass goal (and kept going) September 22, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window As we were beginning 2025, I decided to kick it up a notch. Why not try to go to 150 Masses?
