commeNTARY BlogOpen Window Looking for love this Holy Week Rita BuettnerApril 16, 20192 min read You can sit back and watch. You can join the screaming crowds. Or you can walk right beside Jesus, moment by moment, day after day, of this powerful, emotional journey. BlogSnippets of Faith Faith is faith in English or Italian Suzanna Molino SingletonApril 16, 20193 min read Faith is faith in any language. We don’t need to understand the words to feel it in our hearts. Behind the HeadlinesBlogCommentary ‘Infinite sadness’ marks the loss of grand Cathedral of Notre Dame Christopher GuntyApril 16, 20196 min read I’ve visited the grand cathedral a few times since the late 1990s. It is an impressive place to visit and to pray. BlogOpen Window Ave Maria: Seeking Jesus in tragedy Rita BuettnerApril 16, 20193 min read Somehow, in the midst of all the updates that statues had been removed for cleaning and that much of the artwork had been carried out safely, I couldn’t find anything about the Blessed Sacrament. BlogOpen Window Favorite flowers, a gift for a 3-year-old, cupcakes, squishy Easter gifts, and baseball (7 Quick Takes) Rita BuettnerApril 13, 20194 min read What’s your favorite spring flower? I never can decide. I love the yellows that kick of spring, especially the forsythia and the daffodils. CommentaryWit & Wisdom Upon further review Father Joseph BreighnerApril 12, 20193 min read I just wanted to assure you that I am still living at the cathedral rectory. I’ve been able to keep my residence. Please pray that I’ll be able to keep my sanity! Behind the HeadlinesBlogCommentary Kittens and babies Christopher GuntyApril 11, 20194 min read Some legislators – at the state and federal level – are so afraid of anything that acknowledges the humanity of an unborn child that they cannot imagine granting any kind of protection, even when it should be obvious. CommentaryLentThe Domestic Church Being present this Lent Rita BuettnerApril 10, 20194 min read 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. BlogUnconditional Creatures of Comfort Robyn BarberryApril 9, 20193 min read And this is what Jesus offers us; the comfort we need to get through our hard times without necessarily experiencing his physical presence. BlogOpen Window Transitions and trust Rita BuettnerApril 9, 20193 min read Much as I cannot believe it, our older son is in fifth grade. And we’re not all that far from the end of school.On a school field trip this week, he and his fellow fifth graders climbed aboard school buses and traveled to the middle school they’ll be attending in September. Afterward, I asked a […] Previous 1 … 146 147 148 … 217 Next