Perhaps, if we are excited enough as a faith community, someone else may get curious and that person may be drawn to Christ.
What are you waiting for?
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Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Christmas, Commentary, Feature
Commentary
Greatest gift of love
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Advent, Christmas, Commentary, Feature, Wit & Wisdom
The season upon us now, Advent, is a time to prepare our minds and hearts to celebrate the coming of God into our world.
Genocide in Ukraine?
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Syndicated Columnist
Filed Under: Commentary, The Catholic Difference, War in Ukraine
Yale historian Timothy Snyder thinks that, measured by the criteria of the Genocide Convention (to which Russia is a party), the Russian war in Ukraine is genocidal.
Ready or not, it’s Advent
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window
Maybe you didn’t even realize Advent had started. You feel like you’ve fallen behind. Advent will rush by, and Christmas will come, and you’ll never catch up.
Thanksgiving leftovers, Grandma’s gravy, and a road trip (7 Quick Takes)
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window
~1~ I had thought that this would be the first Thanksgiving we would spend with extended family since 2019. By Wednesday afternoon, however, I could see that that wasn’t going to happen, thanks to a few sicknesses running through the family. My mother told me she would be happy to share the food she had […]
Pass the gravy
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Feature, The Domestic Church
May this season of gatherings offer us opportunities to open our arms and hearts to others – and to be ready to entertain angels along the way.
Start the day with a smile
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window
I groaned as I saw the frost on my car. And then I saw the smile.
Just trust
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Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Unconditional
God may not have invented the cell phone or the bacon-egg-and-cheese bagel, but he did create us and he knows where we are weak.
A new Thanksgiving meaning
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Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary
Before we sit down to our Thanksgiving feasts let’s mark the day spiritually by attending Mass, praying the Psalms of thanksgiving (Psalms 113-118), or at the very least, pausing with loved ones to give voice to our blessings, despite our difficulties.
Apple cake, a special birthday movie, and making the impossible possible (7 Quick Takes)
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window
We are still eating our way through the apples we picked last week, so I made an apple cake. Our house smells sweet and cinnamon, but this beautiful cake only used six apples.
We played Powerball…and now we’re rich
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window
Like many other people, we bought a Powerball ticket. Then we did a little dreaming.
Answer to evil
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, News, Wit & Wisdom, World News
As the old saying goes: “There is no sinner without a future, and no saint without a past.”
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