We never know where a simple greeting or a smile might lead or how that might have an impact on someone else.
A simple greeting can be a powerful connector
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, The Domestic Church
Commentary
Mother and Child
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, Feature, Respect Life
While we pray, hope and work for the day when the unborn will be protected by law, let us in the meantime continue to bear witness to the Gospel of Life by cherishing both child and mother.
Let’s hold onto Christmas
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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’?
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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
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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)
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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
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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.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window
A poetic tribute to 2021
The excitement of each new day
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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)
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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
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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
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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.
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