Secret birthday gifts, the finches go to the Oscars, and a butter bunny (7 Quick Takes) March 27, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window ~1~ My niece Elise will turn 15 this week, so I’ve been assembling a package to ship to her in time for her birthday. I wish I could tell you what I’m sending, but she’s an enthusiastic 7 Quick Takes reader, so I’ll have to fill you in later. But I will tell you I […]
Try to see the love March 22, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Lent, Open Window Go home and find a crucifix, the priest said. Sit and hold it and really look at it.
A letter to my godson March 22, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, The Domestic Church When you love God and recognize that he’s given you a role on earth that is just for you to do, you’ll find he helps you achieve things for him that seem almost impossible.
Shamrocks, soda bread, and two dates for mom and dad (7 Quick Takes) March 19, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window This year I decided we should have something Irish for our door.
Catholic leaders: Maryland bill would ‘expand an already extreme abortion landscape’ March 16, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life There is a disturbing proposal making its way through the legislative process in Annapolis that seeks to enshrine abortion in our state’s constitution. House Bill 1171 is an attempt to unnecessarily amend Maryland’s Constitution to expand an already extreme abortion landscape under the guise of “reproductive liberty.”
The world begins today March 15, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window It started as an ordinary enough day. I was just starting the workday at my office when my phone rang. My new nephew had been born!
Purgatory and the good thief/ Weddings during Lent March 15, 2022By Father Kenneth Doyle Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Question Corner It has been a clear and consistent belief of the church, “All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven”
Bee is for Buettner, babies, and bananas (7 Quick Takes) March 12, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window When I put dinner on the table, I told my children that I bought the placemats because “bee is for Buettner.”
Fasting: Connecting to joy March 11, 2022By Father Richard Malloy, S.J. Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Lent When fasting, we are more likely to be attentive; be intelligent; be reasonable; be responsible.
Two years later, a double-dip feeling March 9, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window This week, as we find ourselves marking the second anniversary of the day schools—and the world—shut down, I find my mind wandering back to March 2020. Our world turned upside-down.
Lessons to be learned from Ukraine’s witness March 9, 2022By Greg Erlandson Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, War in Ukraine The scenes of brave Ukrainians standing in front of tanks, making Molotov cocktails, picking up arms to fight an overwhelming aggressor, taps into some powerful American myths about righteous struggles and David vs. Goliath contests.
Our Lenten prayer basket, a hole-y surprise, and a nice number of bananas (7 Quick Takes) March 6, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window I love having a prayer basket for Lent. I don’t know why pulling an intention out of a basket feels so ceremonial and important, but it does.
