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What’s your favorite Christmas film?
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What’s your favorite Christmas film?

Paul McMullenDecember 17, 20206 min read
Paul McMullen shares some of the Catholic Review’s all-time favorite Christmas movies.
Do you hear what I hear? Family’s ‘bracket’ determines Christmas carol favorites
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Do you hear what I hear? Family’s ‘bracket’ determines Christmas carol favorites

Bo SmolkaDecember 17, 20204 min read
The Smolka family explores how favorite Christmas carols stack up.
How to ‘bless the Lord’?/ Sacrifice as substitute for Friday abstinence
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How to ‘bless the Lord’?/ Sacrifice as substitute for Friday abstinence

Father Kenneth DoyleDecember 16, 20203 min read
Father Doyle fields questions on how to ‘bless the Lord’ and sacrifice as a substitute for Friday abstinence.
Rejoice in bleak times
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Rejoice in bleak times

Effie CaldarolaDecember 15, 20205 min read
We can find joy in what Christ is offering us in this unique and unusual Advent of 2020.
We’ll meet again
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We’ll meet again

Paul McMullenDecember 15, 20204 min read
Paul McMullen ponders those who have gone before us, holding on to hope for eternal life.
Gone fishing…in December
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Gone fishing…in December

Rita BuettnerDecember 13, 20203 min read
I had promised my sons a fishing trip, and we were determined to go.
A golden birthday, emergency chocolate, and video backgrounds (7 Quick Takes)
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A golden birthday, emergency chocolate, and video backgrounds (7 Quick Takes)

Rita BuettnerDecember 11, 20204 min read
It’s not every day that you turn 11 on the 11th.
The joy of Advent and pregnancy
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The joy of Advent and pregnancy

Cassandra PalmerDecember 10, 20204 min read
The Advent season is a reminder that our own childlike faith can hardly imagine what God has in store for us.
Every day is the same
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Every day is the same

Rita BuettnerDecember 9, 20203 min read
“Every day is the same,” one of my boys said sadly the other day.
Advent tears and laughter in a year of difficulty
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Advent tears and laughter in a year of difficulty

Effie CaldarolaDecember 9, 20203 min read
Constant tears can signal depression and are not good signs. But tears that spring forth in solidarity with the suffering, that draw us closer to the kingdom Jesus came to call forth, those can be good tears.
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