The Harvest is Abundant July 10, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Summer is a time of abundance. This season is overflowing with possibility. There is a richness and a joy to summer that I cherish, even on the hottest days when everyone around me is complaining about heat and humidity.
Here comes a saint who gives parents hope July 3, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window, Saints Carlo shows us that you can live for God even in this modern era. He reminds us that you can become a saint without founding a religious order or dying as a martyr or doing something that seems remarkable and significant. You can become a saint by living the life God invites you to live.
Taller Every Day June 25, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window I don’t know all that our children will grow to be. I can’t guess what they will encounter in life. I don’t know everything they will achieve.
Birds of a Feather: A Finch Update June 20, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window This week we marked four years as finch owners, and I am struck by how much has changed for our family over that time.
The Wind Is Reading My Book June 13, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window That’s how I feel about my parenting life these days, that time is flying and the plot is unfolding, and I’m just along for the ride. Sometimes the pages are turning so quickly that I can barely see what’s happening—it’s that fast.
The joy of finding the missing cheese June 8, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window When we lose something—or think we’ve lost it—we treasure it that much more.
Chicken noodle soup and the Holy Trinity May 25, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window What a wonder that our infinitely loving and all-powerful God is ready to encounter us, whether as Father, Son, or Holy Spirit.
When the impossible turns out to be possible (or how I earned a grad degree) May 24, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window How wonderful it is to realize that what seems impossible might actually be possible—whether through divine intervention or by picking up the pieces every day and taking another step on the journey of life.
We belong to each other May 15, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window We are born with hearts that are designed to love. We are created to be members of families and communities. We are intended to be neighbors—and not just to the people we know and love, but to everyone.
Let’s Keep the Faith May 11, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Those questions were echoing in my mind as I watched children walking back to their seats after receiving Communion. They were beaming, full of light and love and hope and sacramental grace.
A Rabid Raccoon-aversary May 3, 2024By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Back when I was just a few weeks from my high school graduation, our family dog got into a fight with a raccoon in our yard.
Spring is a little bit extra April 27, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window The other morning, I woke up and said to my husband, “Won’t it be great for us to have dinner tonight, all four of us together?” Then I looked at my calendar and realized we had a concert that evening.
