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Commentary

Toward eternity

December 27, 2022
By Father Joseph Breighner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Wit & Wisdom

We can see the passing years and decades as simply growing older. Or we can see the passing years and decades as growing toward eternity.

Lights in the sky a cherished Christmas memory

December 22, 2022
By Mitzy Deras
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary

Enjoying snow and hot chocolate is a cozy way to spend Christmas, but watching the sky light up in celebration of the birth of Christ is just as magical.

Pierogi factory: Catholic Review managing editor relishes Polish Christmas traditions

December 20, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Feature, The Narthex

Using a cherished family recipe handed down from ancestors from Poland, Catholic Review Managing Editor George Matysek Jr. and his wife, Treasa, spend the wee hours before Christmas making, kneading and rolling out dough and then dropping homemade potato-and-cheese filling into each carefully crafted circle.

When the end of Advent is a scramble to the finish

December 18, 2022
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

In these final days of Advent, I am way behind on my preparation for Christmas.

Memorial is reminder of ‘suffering, struggle, loss’ of community’s children

December 15, 2022
By Father Matthew Gworek
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Gun Violence

With woodland walks and natural ponds embracing a circular granite basin carefully etched with the names of those who perished that day in 2012, the Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial offers a simple beauty.

Like St. Francis, we can learn from the poor

December 15, 2022
By Mary Marrocco
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Commentary, Saints

It’s a sign of St. Francis’ holiness that his fame draws people to the cross from which Christ receives and gazes on all who come.

Finding our way through the darkness

December 13, 2022
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

At this time of year, alarm clocks seem to go off during the middle of the night. But we have to get up and get the day started, even when it looks like midnight outside. So, I climb out of bed and make sure my high schooler is awake. I ask him what he wants […]

Catholic Review photographer enjoys 100-year-old cookie recipe

December 13, 2022
By Kevin J. Parks
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Recipes

Using a 100-year-old recipe handed down by her maternal great grandmother, Sue Parks continues a family tradition started decades ago that makes Christmases extra special.

Appreciate the larger picture that is God

December 7, 2022
By Effie Caldarola
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Advent, Commentary

Perhaps intentionally turning away a bit this Advent from our technological dependence would help us appreciate the larger picture that is God in history and in our lives.

Books for Christmas – 2022

December 7, 2022
By George Weigel
Syndicated Columnist
Filed Under: Books, Commentary, The Catholic Difference

A look at a few books that would make good Christmas gifts for Catholics.

What to give the Lord

December 6, 2022
By Archbishop William E. Lori
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Christmas, Commentary, Feature, Vocations

We can’t evangelize without putting ourselves out on a limb, any more than a person in sales can avoid the risk of getting turned down.

Journeying toward Christmas

December 4, 2022
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

When we were waiting to adopt our older son, we had a long to-do list.

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