commeNTARY BlogChristmasCommentaryOpen Window A New Year, more Christmas, and a surprise visitor (7 Quick Takes) Rita BuettnerJanuary 1, 20224 min read ~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 […] AmenAmen Gunty CommentaryCommentaryFeature Theological virtues for 2022 Christopher GuntyJanuary 1, 20223 min read How can we approach the new year with the theological virtues of faith, hope and love in mind? BlogCommentaryOpen Window Farewell to 2021. Thanks for all the (sort of) fun. Rita BuettnerDecember 29, 20212 min read A poetic tribute to 2021 BlogCommentaryOpen WindowUncategorized The excitement of each new day Rita BuettnerDecember 28, 20213 min read 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. BlogChristmasCommentaryOpen Window A partridge in a pear tree and other Christmas fun (7 Quick Takes) Rita BuettnerDecember 26, 20214 min read Merry Christmas! Here are a few highlights of our Christmas celebration so far. AdventBlogChristmasCommentaryOpen Window A Child is born to us Rita BuettnerDecember 24, 20212 min read There is nothing like the happy news of a brand-new baby. ChristmasCommentaryFeatureThe Catholic Difference The sacred earthiness of Christmas George WeigelDecember 24, 20214 min read “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. AdventBlogChristmasCommentaryOpen Window When Christmas doesn’t go as planned Rita BuettnerDecember 23, 20213 min read Whatever your Christmas looks like this year, I hope you find your way to the manger, and that you encounter moments of beauty, hope, and joy. ChristmasCommentaryFeatureGuest Commentary A meditation on Mary’s heart at the Nativity Cassandra PalmerDecember 22, 20213 min read All along, Mary’s immaculate heart had always been fertile ground for God’s love to grow. CommentaryFeatureNewsWorld News In the storm’s wake, our neighbors need us Greg ErlandsonDecember 20, 20214 min read Christmas this year is arriving amid shock and tears. The images of devastation wrought by at least 22 tornadoes slashing their way through Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas and Illinois are etched in our national consciousness. Previous 1 … 139 140 141 … 290 Next