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Commentary

We’re all a little like St. Thomas

April 15, 2023
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

It’s such a human response. We have all felt that disappointment of missing a life-defining moment or experience.

Q&A with the Author of The Handy Little Guide to the Liturgy of the Hours

April 12, 2023
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

An interview with Barbara Szyszkiewicz, author of The Handy Little Guide to the Liturgy of the Hours

Question Corner: Jesus raised the dead. Where were their souls?

April 11, 2023
By Jenna Marie Cooper
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner

When Jesus was “resurrected” in the proper sense of the term, he moved totally beyond death and could never die again.

You can have a happy Easter even without a butter bunny (7 Quick Takes)

April 10, 2023
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Easter, Open Window

We had a magnificent Easter, one that continues!

Enter into the joy of Easter

April 8, 2023
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Easter, Open Window

He extends his grace, invites us to feast at the Eucharistic table, and welcomes us home.

A friend indeed

April 5, 2023
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Lent

How fortunate we are to find strength and support in our friends – and offer them our love and support in return. We can be sure that those connections are no accident.

Question Corner: Did the authority to absolve sins expire at Jesus’ death?

April 5, 2023
By Jenna Marie Cooper
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner

When we confess our sins to a priest in the sacrament of penance, we can know with confidence that our sins are forgiven, because of Jesus’ own words.

Pope Francis and the Grieving Mother

April 3, 2023
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Lent, Open Window

That exchange with those grieving parents has had a deep impact on my Holy Week. The way the pope holds the mother and reaches out to the father shows such compassion and love. The way he pauses to pray with them as if they are the only people in the world is such a beautiful gift.

On the brink

April 3, 2023
By Archbishop William E. Lori
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, Easter, Feature, Lent

The redemptive act of Christ, done in obedience to the Father’s saving will, embraced the full range our triumphs, tragedies and sins.

A late postcard, a surprise dinner, and our trip to Hogwarts at Universal (7 Quick Takes)

April 2, 2023
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

Running behind on something? Don’t worry. You’re still doing better than the postcard my sister and her children sent to us last summer.

Maryknoll pilgrimage to Central America offers glimpse of ‘sacrifice’

March 30, 2023
By Deacon Ray Van Pelt
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Missions

During our visit, we encountered Maryknoll priests, sisters and lay missionaries working as pastoral coordinators, catechists, teachers, healthcare providers and agricultural and clean-water advisors

Life in Christ

March 30, 2023
By Father Joseph Breighner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Lent, Wit & Wisdom

Like Jesus, we don’t have to look for approval, control or safety outside ourselves.

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