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The eyes of love

Imagine a young couple intoxicated with each other in the early stages of love.
My mother's unyielding faith

In her acceptance speech for the 2021 Academy Award for best director of the best picture winner "Nomadland," Chloé Zhao said, "I've been thinking a lot lately of how I keep going when things get hard."
Start small like God loves to do

How often do you think about how small you are?
Caring for Mom as she cared for me

There is a particularly unexpected twist in the saga of many families when the child suddenly starts acting the parent and the parent resembles the child.
Our heart is stronger than our wounds

Ten years before his death in 1996, Henri Nouwen was beset by a depression that nearly broke him.
The quest to be 'somebody' online forgets who we really are

What does it really mean to be "somebody"?
The essential wholeness of palliative care

As the global crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic continues and impacts all aspects of our existence, one constant continues. While we applaud the considerable and universal efforts made by various organizations to deal with this dramatic situation, the structural limits inherent within science itself have clearly emerged.
We find God, healing in the mystery of creation

There may come a time when a sense of depletion, and doubt about how to move forward, overtakes us.
Father Koch: Jesus is the vine and we are the branches

What do we value more? Being in community or independence?
In times of worry, Jesus offers the best advice

When I was a little girl, my dad would tell me, ...
The grace to bloom where we're planted

Lou Gehrig Day will be a special one for two groups of people:
Overcoming that empty feeling

In the movie "Ben-Hur," there is a wild chariot race in which Ben-Hur is victor and Messala, his once-friend turned enemy, is killed.
Father Koch: The Lord sends us shepherds to point us to the Good Shepherd

The Fourth Sunday of Easter is “Good Shepherd Sunday.”
Sharing abundantly

Every morning, my daughter Rose and I share a pack of Belvita breakfast cookies.
What I learned from the cherry blossoms

Nothing speaks of spring more than blossoms in March and April.
Taking tension out of the community

Central to our understanding of how we are saved by Jesus is a truth expressed by the phrase: ...
Pandemic reminds us we are made for loving relationship

Separation from others has drained the life and joy from our lives, and Easter is a reminder, each year, that we are made for others.
Father Koch: Easter brings new possibilities for encountering the Lord

On the Second Sunday of Lent, Peter, James and John were forced to contemplate “what rising from the dead might mean.”
St. Joseph opens our eyes

On Dec. 8, 2020, Pope Francis declared the entire upcoming year to be the Year of St. Joseph.
Gauging our spirit

How might we measure our spirit?
Faith and autism: Adults and children need resources and encouragement

As our Churches reopen, we pray everyone will return, including children and adults with autism spectrum disorder. It is fortuitous timing: April is also National Autism Awareness Month (or, for the National Catholic Partnership on Disability, Autism Appreciation Month).
Let me be your servant

After a year of isolating because of the COVID-19 pandemic and staying away from many volunteer activities, people are beginning to ...
Father Koch: Easter takes us beyond the mundane and to the gates of eternity

On the evening of that great Easter Day Jesus appeared to his disciples in the room where they were staying.
Ripping the roof off the house

I've loved the Gospel story where the friends lower the paralyzed man through the roof of the home ...
Imbibing in awe

Spring's awesomeness has arrived. In Washington, D.C., forsythia, daffodils and tulips adorn front yards, with azaleas and dogwoods to follow.

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