The gift of a ‘banana tree’ December 9, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Advent, Commentary, The Domestic Church During this season of giving, as we thoughtfully select gifts for people we know and love – and maybe even for strangers – how wonderful to consider that a gift may bring joy not just in the moment of opening, but also for years to come.
Tell me a story November 7, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church Stories help us incorporate memories and traditions into our family. They help us know who we are.
Accompanied by angels October 10, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church We want to believe the sun will rise tomorrow and we’ll embrace the fullness of another day. We must live life with that hope. There is no other way.
Make room for the essential September 24, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church As we begin the start of a new school year, and children and young people are filling their backpacks for a season of new opportunities, maybe we, too, can take the time to look at what’s filling our lives.
When less – or different – is more June 11, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church As the first blossoms of spring transition into the vibrant greens of early summer, may we be open to the opportunities that lie ahead, recognizing that each of us can contribute to our family, our community, and our world in different ways at different moments.
Call your mother May 7, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church When you’re talking to your mother, she understands. And you can always just pick right up where you left off later.
Being present this Lent April 10, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Commentary, Lent, The Domestic Church Were we present at Jesus’ crucifixion? We were, and we are. We can place ourselves in that moment, meditating again on the tremendous sacrifice Jesus made for each of us on the cross. We were there. This Lent we are there.
A little lesson in trust March 19, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church Sometimes the large, life-changing moments are the ones that show us we need to turn everything over to God. Sometimes it’s the flat tire or a snowstorm derailing our plans. But each time we have an opportunity to come away trusting Jesus a little bit more.
Find extraordinary in the ordinary February 4, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church We can encounter God in the awesome majesty of a mountaintop sunrise or a scrunched bouquet of dandelion’s in a child’s fist.
Greeting New Year with trust and hope December 30, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church We step into the New Year with faith that each of us can help make the world a little better.
Greatest gifts December 5, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church The weeks leading up to Christmas are their own gift, offering a time for us to ready our hearts and consider the enormity of the real miracle of Christmas.
Heaven is not so far away November 1, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church As Catholic Christians, we know that we never really lose anyone we love. We might just be physically separated for a while.
