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5 easy ways to celebrate the Chinese New Year, chocolate rats, bacon, and a button story (7 Quick Takes)
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5 easy ways to celebrate the Chinese New Year, chocolate rats, bacon, and a button story (7 Quick Takes)

Rita BuettnerJanuary 23, 20204 min read
If you’re looking for a way to celebrate the Year of the Rat, here are a few simple things you can do.
He must increase
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He must increase

Father J. Collin PostonJanuary 23, 20203 min read
As the Lamb of God, he gives himself to us in the Eucharist to empower us to conquer our own sins – and allow him to increase more and more within us and in our lives.
So quick to judge
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So quick to judge

Suzanna Molino SingletonJanuary 23, 20203 min read
I already know what my 2021 new year’s resolution should be – I shalt not judge others for however long they decide to keep up their Christmas decorations.
An open letter to the former royals during #Megxit
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An open letter to the former royals during #Megxit

Rita BuettnerJanuary 21, 20202 min read
I don’t really know what’s going on with this whole #Megxit situation—though I have to admit I am a fan of the hashtag. I just wanted to let you know, you’re not alone.
Olives, a lesson from Annie’s mom, a forgotten trumpet, and a flat tire (7 Quick Takes)
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Olives, a lesson from Annie’s mom, a forgotten trumpet, and a flat tire (7 Quick Takes)

Rita BuettnerJanuary 17, 20203 min read
Our pediatrician once told our children that you need to try a new food 16 or 17 times before you can decide that you don’t like it.
Do you know the date of your baptism?
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Do you know the date of your baptism?

Paul McMullenJanuary 17, 20203 min read
I experienced my first sacrament April 10, 1955, at St. Rose of Lima in Brooklyn. Father T. Austin Murphy did the honors, seven years before he became an auxiliary bishop for the diocese.
The little plant that (maybe) could
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The little plant that (maybe) could

Rita BuettnerJanuary 15, 20202 min read
I’m just not good with plants. I’m not sure whether they don’t care for me or I’m just not destined for plant greatness, but my plants never survive.
End of Christmas season?/ Distributing to extraordinary ministers?
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End of Christmas season?/ Distributing to extraordinary ministers?

Father Kenneth DoyleJanuary 15, 20204 min read
Father Kenneth Doyle fields questions about the liturgical end of the Christmas season and rubrics involving extraordinary ministers of holy Communion.
What I did on my Christmas holiday
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What I did on my Christmas holiday

Father T. Austin Murphy Jr.January 14, 20204 min read
The nature of true argument is not to destroy the interlocutor. It’s not even to “win,” really. The point of debate and argument in the classical sense it to delve into and arrive at the Truth.
Discovering the last of the daylight on a winter evening
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Discovering the last of the daylight on a winter evening

Rita BuettnerJanuary 13, 20202 min read
As I’m walking across the parking lot, I sense that something is different, but I can’t put my finger on it.
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