Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Filed Under: Blog, Open Window
On Good Friday it is hard to see the beauty through the darkness and the grief. On Good Friday it is finished. We have faith. We know that Easter will bring incredible joy. We know that not all is lost—that life wins out over death, that love overcomes all evil.
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Filed Under: Blog, Unconditional
Here are a few ways we can exercise our faith and have a little Easter fun.
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Filed Under: Blog, Word on Fire
In 1850, lots of good and thoughtful people defended the institution of slavery. Now, only insane people would. In 2019, lots of decent and thoughtful people defend the pro-choice position. One can only hope that these recent laws, and this viscerally disturbing film, will hasten the day when only insane people would.
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Filed Under: Blog, Open Window
You can sit back and watch. You can join the screaming crowds. Or you can walk right beside Jesus, moment by moment, day after day, of this powerful, emotional journey.
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Filed Under: Blog, Snippets of Faith
Faith is faith in any language. We don’t need to understand the words to feel it in our hearts.
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Filed Under: Behind the Headlines, Blog, Commentary
I’ve visited the grand cathedral a few times since the late 1990s. It is an impressive place to visit and to pray.
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Filed Under: Blog, Open Window
Somehow, in the midst of all the updates that statues had been removed for cleaning and that much of the artwork had been carried out safely, I couldn’t find anything about the Blessed Sacrament.
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Filed Under: Blog, Open Window
What’s your favorite spring flower? I never can decide. I love the yellows that kick of spring, especially the forsythia and the daffodils.
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Filed Under: Behind the Headlines, Blog, Commentary
Some legislators – at the state and federal level – are so afraid of anything that acknowledges the humanity of an unborn child that they cannot imagine granting any kind of protection, even when it should be obvious.
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Filed Under: Blog, Unconditional
And this is what Jesus offers us; the comfort we need to get through our hard times without necessarily experiencing his physical presence.
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Filed Under: Blog, Open Window
Much as I cannot believe it, our older son is in fifth grade. And we’re not all that far from the end of school.On a school field trip this week, he and his fellow fifth graders climbed aboard school buses and traveled to the middle school they’ll be attending in September. Afterward, I asked a […]
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These highlights of our week are written in rhyme.
