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Commentary

Journey to the light

January 3, 2020
By Christopher Gunty
Filed Under: Behind the Headlines, Blog, Commentary

We don’t stop celebrating his birth just because the stores take down decorations and end the sales. We find the light in the manger and we trek to the Lord with all who seek him.

Embrace all the New Year brings

December 31, 2019
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church

We can’t know what lies ahead. As much as we might not like uncertainty, there’s also a gift in not knowing what the future holds.

Work assignment on Sunday/ Mass card for non-Catholic wedding ceremony?

December 30, 2019
By Father Kenneth Doyle
Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner

Father Doyle fields questions on work assignment on Sunday and giving a Mass card to a couple married in a non-Catholic ceremony.

Christmas, freedom and obedience

December 25, 2019
By George Weigel
Filed Under: Commentary, The Catholic Difference

The Christmas story is a lengthy meditation on a counterintuitive but essential truth: true freedom, genuine liberation, comes through freely chosen obedience to God’s purposes.

The well-fought fight

December 18, 2019
By George Weigel
Filed Under: Commentary, The Catholic Difference

Alas, like many other hymns, “For All the Saints” is an endangered species today, gutted by parish music directors and pastors who commit the grave sin of not singing a hymn in its entirety — or worse, who bowdlerize the lyrics to coddle the sensibilities of the Church of Nice.

Letter to a failing heroin addict

December 16, 2019
By Timothy A. McCarthy
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary

In 40 years of working with the addicted, I have learned that these negative  behaviors block the positive power of grace.

Finding patience in Advent

December 15, 2019
By Father J. Collin Poston
Filed Under: Advent, Commentary, Dust and Dewfall

When we complain about another, we often take a position of judgment. Yet only God is the ultimate judge, our Christ.

Supreme joy and a divine gift

December 12, 2019
By Archbishop William E. Lori
Filed Under: Advent, Charity in Truth, Commentary

Those who possess true joy are not deterred by their problems, by distress or by deprivation – their own or that of others.

Where everybody knows your name

December 11, 2019
By Suzanna Molino Singleton
Filed Under: Commentary, Snippets of Faith

Yes, belonging to places is good – it feels right, we fit in. We should all belong to some place, to some group, to some church, even to someone. Where do you feel as if you belong?

The more, the merrier

December 10, 2019
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Advent, Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary, Marriage & Family Life, Parenting

As the Christmas season approaches, George Matysek shares the joys of having five children age 5 and under.

The gift of a ‘banana tree’

December 9, 2019
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Advent, Commentary, The Domestic Church

During this season of giving, as we thoughtfully select gifts for people we know and love – and maybe even for strangers – how wonderful to consider that a gift may bring joy not just in the moment of opening, but also for years to come.

No sales pitch required

December 8, 2019
By Father Joseph Breighner
Filed Under: Advent, Commentary, Wit & Wisdom

The world may or may not believe what we say. But the world will believe what we do. Do we live in such a way as to allow the God born once in a manger to live fully in us?

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