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Sowing love, not hatred
We've all lost something over the past couple of months. The tragic losses in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, shook the entire nation.
Sowing love, not hatred
We've all lost something over the past couple of months.
Miracle at Lanciano
I was 12 years old when my family took our first trip to Italy. We spent a good portion of time visiting my father's cousins in Abruzzo.
Learning to trust in providence
For the past year, we Little Sisters of the Poor have been celebrating the 150th anniversary of our congregation’s arrival in the United States.
Together at the potluck
When I was growing up in a small Midwestern farm community, I was vaguely aware of rich folks. There were prosperous lawyers, business owners, Dad's cousin who owned the grain mill.
What's in a number?
This month, I will celebrate a milestone birthday. I've done the math and know what the numbers say, but I have to beg to differ: I do not feel like my age, not by a mile.
What it means to have a divine understanding
A number of years ago at a symposium on faith and evangelization, one of the speakers made a rather startling statement.
Sharpen your pencils for the school of love
Did you know the family is a school of love?
The blessing of reality checks
"I have observed Satan falling like lightning from the sky" (Lk 10:18). Jesus instructed the Twelve: "Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves" (Mt 10:16). Avoiding being like Satan, who was dispelled from heaven because of …
Searching for silver linings: grace after the storm
Business was good. So good, in fact, that the family company had become one of the largest breweries in New England, producing 300,000 barrels a year and supporting two generations of Geisels in Springfield, Mass.
Reflecting on the heart of Mary
We dedicate the month of August to the Immaculate Heart of Mary as a reminder that we should venerate Mary’s heart for its purity and devotion to Christ.
Marriage: When expectations yield to love
This summer marks the special occasions of David's and my 40th anniversary and the marriage of our older son Ryan to Sarah, our new daughter
Our grandiosity and our wounds
We wake up into life with the incurable sense that we’re special, that we’re the center of the universe.
At Issue
By Lois RogersMonitor Features Editor Lois Rogers looks at societal issues from a Catholic perspective in her regular column.
Things My Father Taught Me
By Mary MorrellNew Jersey-based freelance writer Mary Morrell shares stories of faith and inspiration in her monthly syndicated column, which she has been writing for more than a decade.
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