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'An act of love'
Recently, I was invited by a group working with migrants and asylum-seekers to attend a hearing for a Mexican man who faces deportation.
Our ache for earthly mortality
We share the world with more than seven and a half billion people and each of us has the irrepressible, innate sense that we are special and uniquely destined.
Ending a culture of violence
A horrific mass shooting at a Florida high school has left 17 people dead and placed school violence and gun control at the forefront of public debate.
A woman rich beyond things
International Women's Day on March 8 recalls that many girls and women in developing countries still face huge barriers to an education, are denied rights to ownership of the land they labor on, have no access to health care, suffer regular beatings from their husbands, and are placed in early …
An actor's prayer to the Holy Spirit
With his role as Frasier Crane’s father Martin on the hit TV series “Frasier,” John Mahoney entered the pantheon of lovable and comical curmudgeons that viewers welcomed into their living rooms week after week.
Three truths that parenting taught me about Lent
Our greatest spiritual teachers can be our nearest and dearest. The familiar ones with whom we share sinks and sheets and silverware.
'I sold them life': learning from the Angel of The Gap
Little did he know what a noble purpose awaited him when Don Ritchie settled into a house on Old South Head Road back in 1964.
Prayer: Leading not into temptation
Sometime in the midst of Lent, many of us experience "those little, tempting thoughts" -- rationalizing or otherwise suggesting that we can take "one little bite" of chocolate, "Sundays don't count" or we can "double up" tomorrow on prayer or our other penitential activities that get crowded out by everyday …
The serious consequences of loneliness
I woke up one morning to the news that the British had created a ministry of loneliness. I have to admit, I chuckled. It seemed a particularly English thing to do.
How the season of Lent challenges us
Since Lent commemorates the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert fasting, our most common response is to give up something during this penitential season. Most often, but not always, it is a favorite food or drink, like chocolate, another dessert or glass of wine.
Patience keeps us connected to God
Helen Keller once said, “We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.”
The Church as field hospital for the wounded
"Can I keep you?" Casper whispers into Kat's ear, and she ever so softly agrees. Somehow in that moment it didn't matter that Kat was human and Casper was a ghost -- an attraction crossed that very real divide.
Finding Christ in brokenness
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is known as a global force for good because of the services and human kindness they provide to people in need.
Do you hear the voice of love?
Faith hears the voice of love speaking and abiding in one’s heart. It pervades and penetrates one’s whole being.
St. Clare and feminism
We might not think that a 13th-century woman could speak to the modern world, but St. Clare of Assisi challenges us.
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