Year of the Eucharist July 6, 2021By Archbishop William E. Lori Catholic Review Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, Eucharist, Feature Whatever divisions exist among the bishops, all of us agree on the need for a comprehensive effort to revivify faith in the Eucharist in every diocese of our country.
What’s in a life? July 6, 2021By Father Joseph Breighner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom By the time this article appears, our friends, the cicadas, will have gone.
What we did on our beach vacation (7 Quick Takes) July 4, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Funnel cakes and fishing and other fun on our trip to the beach
The weight of carrying a regret July 1, 2021By Father Eugene Hemrick Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary Regrets also possess a positive side, they humble us, teaching us that we are not the strong person we desire to be. They are reminders of how easy it is to commit undesirable acts that cause us to weep.
The generous fisherman June 29, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Then a man who was fishing nearby approached us. “I really want to see them catch something,” he said.
Summer festivities and fun (7 Quick Takes) June 25, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Late on the afternoon of Father’s Day, I said, “I wonder whether I should make cupcakes….”
Pray for Satan?/Mass vessels and vestments June 24, 2021By Father Kenneth Doyle Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Question Corner Father Kenneth Doyle fields questions about praying for Satan and Mass vessels and vestments.
Dreaming of a slower, gentler summer June 24, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window May this summer be a restful time of renewal, memory-making, and ice cream.
‘Holy God, We Praise Thy Name’ June 21, 2021By John Garvey Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Intellect and Virtue That’s what is so sweet about my dream — that our children might see me off singing “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name.” If that really happens, it will mean we have succeeded in teaching them the most important lesson in life. They will have kept the faith.
Celebrations, milestones and golden gifts (7 Quick Takes) June 19, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window I’m really enjoying connecting and reconnecting with people I’ve missed so much over the past 15 months.
When they grow up June 17, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window It was a summer evening, and I was home from college. My father and I were taking a walk together through my parents’ neighborhood when we saw a mother and her little girl—maybe 6 or 7 years old—walking on the other side of the street. My father waved, and the woman waved back. “Look!” my […]
The saving gift of fatherhood June 17, 2021By Timothy P. O'Malley Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Uncategorized I expected fatherhood to change the routines of my life. Everyone told me it would. Goodbye, sleep. Hello, collapsing in exhaustion at 8 p.m. What I did not suppose was the way fatherhood would be an occasion for conversion.
