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Commentary

Tra-la, it’s May, and it’s a bit much

May 12, 2021
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

Everything bursts into bloom in the spring. The grass is greener, the bushes are bursting with color, and buttercups are popping up on the neighborhood lawns. It’s such a beautiful time of abundance. Much as I love spring, though, I also find it to be tiring. May always seems to be the busiest month of […]

My little friend Sam

May 11, 2021
By Effie Caldarola
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Commentary, For the Journey

Why did so many people want to eat with Jesus? Not because he was a dour, intense lecturer, but probably because he was a great conversationalist and debater. And where better to engage in a debate about Scripture, law and current events than around a dinner table?

Fifty years a priest

May 11, 2021
By Father Joseph Breighner
Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Wit & Wisdom

I invite you to celebrate this anniversary of my ordination by inviting God into the silence of your life, by reading the Scriptures and sharing in the Eucharist.

Badminton and counting down to summertime (7 Quick Takes)

May 8, 2021
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

The school year can end anytime, so we can kick off summer vacation.

Think back to first Communion

May 6, 2021
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Gunty Commentary, Commentary, Eucharist

Think back to your own first holy Communion – and all the Communions since then. Why would you receive a minimal piece of bread and a sip of wine if not for what it truly is?

The brave love of fostering and adoption

May 5, 2021
By Molly Sheahan
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Marriage & Family Life, Respect Life

As Catholics, we know that the family is the basic building block of society, the “domestic church,” where children find love, stability, and are nurtured to grow to their full potential.

Mary’s discipleship and ours

May 4, 2021
By Archbishop William E. Lori
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, Feature

During this month of May, let us turn to Mary with renewed devotion, asking her to lead us to her divine Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Intent to exclude children/Is confession necessary?

May 4, 2021
By Father Kenneth Doyle
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Marriage & Family Life, Question Corner

Father Kenneth Doyle fields questions about the intent to exclude children from a marriage and wheter confession is needed if someone has no mortal sins.

Racism and the impact of words

May 2, 2021
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window, Racial Justice

Racism isn’t something that happens to other people. It affects all of us—and each of us plays a part in naming it, opposing it, and changing what we can.

Avocado toast, rats, a sonnet for St. Joseph, and more (7 Quick Takes)

May 1, 2021
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

7 poems inspired by a full week

Celebrating St. Joseph the Worker – and all workers

April 30, 2021
By Archbishop William E. Lori
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, Feature, Year of St. Joseph

The pandemic has drastically altered the way we work. More than a year ago, many workers abruptly began working in an online environment. That shift brought advantages, but also its share of anxieties and limitations, including the tensions and even traumas that many families experienced during the pandemic. Even so, in the intervening months, many […]

Happy 18th birthday to a special niece

April 29, 2021
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

When my sister Maureen and her husband, Eric, told me they were expecting a baby, I couldn’t imagine more exciting news. The baby would be my parents’ first grandchild and my first niece or nephew. This little one was due in April 2003, and we couldn’t wait. I went with Maureen to a doctor’s appointment […]

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