Taking for Granted or Giving Thanks
Taking things for granted comes easily. It’s the default. Whenever I experience writer’s block, I...
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Category: Between the Sundays
See How We Love Each Other?
“When will we wake up and remember that divisiveness is not a sign of Christianity?”...
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The Practice of Lectio Divina
“We hear the Scriptures at Mass, and perhaps we read them for knowledge – but...
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The Active Work of Meditation
“Prayer involves our mind, heart, and will. It involves our intellect, memory, imagination,...
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The Gift of Labor
Work is a gift. Perhaps it doesn’t seem that way when we’re growing tired of the monotony of our...
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Plan to Pray
“Cultivating a prayer life requires building habits. And we do not build habits without a...
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Monica, Augustine, and the Power of Prayer
“If our loved one is indeed in purgatory, they would much rather have our prayers than our...
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Working in the Vineyard: Joy or Burden?
“What if we instead showed that those laborers in the vineyard had it better than the idlers...
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Pope Pius XII and the Assumption
“The beginning of the twentieth century witnessed extraordinary attacks on the truth that...
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The Transfiguration & the Promised Land
“The Transfiguration reminds us that the Cross will not have the final word.” Image:...
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The Gift and Challenge of the New Moses
“Jesus wants to give us much more than free bread or liberation from earthly suffering. But...
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Is It Worth Saying?
“The tongue can be a powerful instrument or a serious stumbling block in our quest for...
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