Let’s hold onto Christmas January 5, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window As the decorations disappear from our neighbors’ homes, we’re still holding onto Christmas in our house.
Are silent prayers heard by God?/ Shouldn’t we ‘fast before a feast’? January 3, 2022By Father Kenneth Doyle Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Q. I am an 88-year-old Korean War veteran with a question that is not earth-shattering but one that bothers me almost every day. I talk and pray to God, to Jesus and to the Blessed Virgin Mary out loud — every morning and at night before I go to bed. But there are also times when I pray silently — just in my head — especially if I wake up during the night. So what I need to know is whether those prayers — the silent ones — are heard.
Remembering the life of a beloved Black nun, leader and friend January 3, 2022By Shannen Dee Williams Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Obituaries, Social Justice 2021 saw the passing of some of the nation’s most important leaders, thinkers, writers and freedom fighters of the modern era.
A New Year, more Christmas, and a surprise visitor (7 Quick Takes) January 1, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Christmas, Commentary, Open Window ~1~ Happy New Year! I have never had much success with resolutions, but I do love setting the tone for the year. I let Jen Fulwiler’s Word of the Year generator choose a word for me—Hospitality—and her Saint of the Year generator pick a saint for me—St. Margaret of Antioch. Hospitality seems to bring its […]
Theological virtues for 2022 January 1, 2022By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Amen Gunty Commentary, Commentary, Feature How can we approach the new year with the theological virtues of faith, hope and love in mind?
Farewell to 2021. Thanks for all the (sort of) fun. December 29, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window A poetic tribute to 2021
The excitement of each new day December 28, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window, Uncategorized As soon as the first daylight creeps into their cages, the finches are ready to start the day—and they think I should start mine, too.
A partridge in a pear tree and other Christmas fun (7 Quick Takes) December 26, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Christmas, Commentary, Open Window Merry Christmas! Here are a few highlights of our Christmas celebration so far.
A Child is born to us December 24, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Advent, Blog, Christmas, Commentary, Open Window There is nothing like the happy news of a brand-new baby.
The sacred earthiness of Christmas December 24, 2021By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Feature, The Catholic Difference “Besides the cradle in which our Lord, it is alleged, was rocked, is the stone manger of the grotto of Bethlehem. One of the stones of this manger is shown in the basilica of St. Maria Maggiore on the Esquiline, in the altar of the crypt of the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament.
When Christmas doesn’t go as planned December 23, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Advent, Blog, Christmas, Commentary, Open Window Whatever your Christmas looks like this year, I hope you find your way to the manger, and that you encounter moments of beauty, hope, and joy.
A meditation on Mary’s heart at the Nativity December 22, 2021By Cassandra Palmer Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary All along, Mary’s immaculate heart had always been fertile ground for God’s love to grow.