A bunny for my honey, a finch egg for us all… April 24, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window How was your Easter? I keep reminding my family that it’s still the Easter season, but I think sometimes it’s hard to sustain the joy for the whole 50 days! Still, it’s not hard to keep the poetic juices flowing for National Poetry Month, since that’s only 30. So, here we go! ~1~ Some artists […]
Moving Ever Forward April 18, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window It was 18 feet deep, and that boat was quite trapped, Through pushing and pulling, in the silt it stayed wrapped.
The poetic fun of spring April 16, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window The trees are pink and white and green All wearing spring’s fantastic sheen.
Learning to love the cry room April 14, 2022By Elise Italiano Ureneck Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary I now consider the cry room a sanctuary within a sanctuary, a gift of which only compassionate and loving parent-architects could have conceived.
Evening news despair and Easter hope April 12, 2022By Greg Erlandson Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Easter, Guest Commentary A news anchor’s grim highlights of Armageddon will never be the last word. But the final chapter has been written already by the Lord of Easter.
A cup of sugar – and then some April 11, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, The Domestic Church We are reminded to look at the people who are hurting or struggling in front of us and consider what part we might play in easing their pain.
Let’s Go on a Pilgrimage April 10, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Lent, Open Window Weeks ago, one of my colleagues suggested that we go on a retreat. It sounded wonderful, but I thought it might be impossible. Spring is an incredibly busy time at work. Would we ever be able to step away? We picked a possible day to go, but I wasn’t sure it would happen. Something would […]
Haiku for me, haiku for you April 8, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Need an eggless treat? Check out these egg-shaped candies. Hello, irony.
A Tribute to Tuna April 7, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Lent, Open Window From sea to can to dinner plate, A tuna feast is quite first-rate.
Mary, woman of wonders against the lords of war April 7, 2022By Hosffman Ospino Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, War in Ukraine It is with sadness and puzzlement that our world witnesses the invasion of Ukraine, a sovereign nation, by its neighbor Russia, an exponentially more powerful country politically, economically and militarily.
‘With great love’ April 5, 2022By Father Joseph Breighner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom Vladimir Putin has chosen to inflict death. Can we use this as an incentive for us to choose life?
How to work for mercy at home April 4, 2022By Laura Kelly Fanucci Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Lent The works of mercy call us to look closer: to see those around us as Christ, too. Often it’s easier to say we love humanity, but harder to love the human beings in our own home.
