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Abundance in the New Year, Rubik’s cubes, random selfies, and more (7 Quick Takes)
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Abundance in the New Year, Rubik’s cubes, random selfies, and more (7 Quick Takes)

Rita BuettnerJanuary 15, 20234 min read
Whenever I have avocado toast for breakfast, I remember the year that my New Year’s resolution was eating avocado toast more often.
The Story of the Missing Pizza
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The Story of the Missing Pizza

Rita BuettnerJanuary 12, 20233 min read
The other night I ordered a pizza for dinner. When a text came through saying the pizza had been delivered, I checked, and there was nothing on our porch. For whatever reason, our house doesn’t show up properly on every GPS, so I wasn’t shocked. I called the pizza place and explained what had happened. […]
Fighting the language battle for prenatal justice
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Fighting the language battle for prenatal justice

Charles C. CamosyJanuary 12, 20237 min read
It is essential for pro-lifers to fight back by directly resisting the use of this language and calling it out at every turn.
Questions: Holy days of obligation, vegetarians in Lent
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Questions: Holy days of obligation, vegetarians in Lent

Jenna Marie CooperJanuary 9, 20234 min read
It can be a beautiful practice to go to Mass on a feast that isn’t strictly obligatory simply to enter more deeply into the spirituality of our liturgical year.
Quick Pick-up
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Quick Pick-up

Rita BuettnerJanuary 8, 20233 min read
Sometimes we are seeking transformation when what we really need is more gentle growth.
Celebrating Epiphany and other late-Christmas fun (7 Quick Takes)
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Celebrating Epiphany and other late-Christmas fun (7 Quick Takes)

Rita BuettnerJanuary 7, 20234 min read
It was Epiphany Sunday when we received the referral to adopt our older son, so this time of year always makes me smile. Gold, frankincense, and myrrh are wonderful gifts, but that phone call brought the best news we had ever received.
Returning a Christmas Gift
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Returning a Christmas Gift

Rita BuettnerJanuary 5, 20232 min read
Hi Santa, I’m sorry, but I’d like to send this back. Yes, I know we had asked for a Christmas break again this year, but this wasn’t quite what we had in mind.
What Pope Benedict XVI taught us about dying well
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What Pope Benedict XVI taught us about dying well

Gretchen R. CroweJanuary 5, 20233 min read
In his spiritual testament dated more than 16 years before his death, Pope Benedict reflected on his life, and on those whom he had encountered, with gratitude
The true Joseph Ratzinger
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The true Joseph Ratzinger

George WeigelJanuary 4, 20235 min read
The Joseph Ratzinger I knew for 35 years — first as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, later as Pope Benedict XVI and then Pope Emeritus — was a brilliant, holy man who bore no resemblance to the caricature that was first created by his theological enemies and then set in media concrete.
Seek the Light
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Seek the Light

Christopher GuntyJanuary 4, 20233 min read
As angels revealed the birth of the Messiah to the shepherds, representing the nation of Israel; the star revealed Christ to the Gentiles, represented by these magi from another land.
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