rita buettner commentary BlogOpen Window Never too old for bedtime kiss Rita BuettnerMarch 30, 20173 min read This Lenten season, as we fast and serve and pray, I hope we can try to find moments just to be with God. BlogOpen Window What we found when we went birthday gift shopping Rita BuettnerMarch 28, 20173 min read If ever there were an aunt who deserves to be celebrated, it’s Aunt Shai. She gives her nieces and nephews her undivided attention, plays with them for hours, reads to them, and teaches them how to make up stories with their toys.So even though it wasn’t clear that she wanted BlogOpen Window A warm welcome at Mass Rita BuettnerMarch 19, 20173 min read I’ve never paid much attention to what greeters do before Mass. I always smile at them and say hello, maybe compliment a scarf or comment on the weather. Still, I hadn’t really considered it a significant job.At our parish’s Scout Mass this week, though, Daniel was a greeter, and he BlogNewsOpen Window Why we’re laughing at the BBC interview with Professor Robert Kelly Rita BuettnerMarch 11, 20172 min read When I was watching the footage of the BBC interview with Professor Robert Kelly, and his daughter came dancing into the room—followed by her baby brother in a walker—I couldn’t help but laugh. But I wasn’t laughing at his predicament, or his wife’s, as she swoops in to scoop up BlogOpen Window Books on mice are twice as nice as having houses full of mice: children’s books about mice Rita BuettnerJanuary 25, 20173 min read We have a mouse—or maybe we have mice—scampering through our house in broad daylight, without a care in the world, happy as can be. The traps are apparently no trouble to avoid, the treats in the traps are apparently not appealing at all, and every day I am able to BlogCommentaryOpen WindowSaints There’s a mouse in the house—and there’s a Catholic saint who can help with that Rita BuettnerJanuary 17, 20173 min read There’s a mouse in the house—and there’s a Catholic saint who can help with that BlogOpen Window Celebrating a dozen years of marriage Rita BuettnerSeptember 25, 20163 min read Twelve years ago I stood in the narthex of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, wearing my white gown, impatient and excited for the day—and this new chapter of life—to begin.My father was there, and my bridesmaids—sisters and friends—along with a lovely flower girl and a handsome little ring bearer. CommentaryThe Domestic Church When I am not enough Rita BuettnerSeptember 19, 20163 min read “We are to become vessels of God’s compassionate love for others,” St. Clare of Assisi said. CommentaryThe Domestic Church My father’s cookies Rita BuettnerJune 22, 20163 min read How extraordinary is a father’s love, especially that of God the Father, who has faith that we will continue to try to become the best version of ourselves, that we will fail but we will also achieve, and that one day we will be with him in heaven. BlogOpen WindowRespect Life When your child asks about abortion Rita BuettnerApril 4, 20162 min read Dinner is on the stove and I’m setting the table when our second grader walks into the kitchen.He is carrying a postcard he’s pulled out of the pile of mail.“Is this what we were talking about?” he asks, and he points to a picture on the postcard.I glance down and Previous 1 … 100 101 102 … 102 Next
