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Preaching the Gospel through dialogue
Pope Francis has been going to great lengths to spread love around the world, and he is quick to tell you that his love comes from the "free and gracious initiative of God," as he put it in his apostolic exhortation "Evangelii Gaudium."
Father Tolton, pray for us
"For the slave called in the Lord is a freed person in the Lord," St. Paul wrote in his First Letter to the Corinthians. His words resounded 18 centuries later in the life of Father Augustus Tolton, who was born a slave, died a Catholic priest, and is now being …
Answering the call to fight Ebola in Africa
The attention of the world is focused on the spread of Ebola. Here in the United States, concern is high even though the outbreak of actual cases is quite low and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention appear to be on top of the situation. But a Philadelphia physician …
We are counting on you
Before I ever recall being asked about what I wanted to be when I grew up, my parents say I was already telling them and others, "I want to be a priest." Many people expect a seminarian or religious sister to say that, but I think the opposite is often …
Faith in God transforms ordinary people into unlikely heroes
Some time ago I picked up a 100-year-old copy of Rudyard Kipling’s poems entitled “Barrack Room Ballads.” The book was water damaged, but sturdy enough, so I decided to save it from oblivion on the old dusty, heavily ladened shelves of a used book store. That’s the problem with bibliophiles, …
The unhappy cost of resentment
It’s not only love that makes the world go round. Resentment too is prominent in stirring the drink. In so many ways our world is drowning in resentment. Everywhere you look, it seems, someone is bitter about something and breathing out resentment. What is resentment? Why is this feeling so …
Why believing in God is reasonable
Irony can be humbling, because it shows us how life is the exact opposite of what we expected. More often than not, the supernatural is the same way.
FlowerFund: The Catholic answer to Kickstarter
By now, you’ve probably heard of people using Kickstarter to crowdfund their ideas ranging from film production to innovative cellphone chargers.
Finding God in the silent moments
Do you ever sit idly in front of the television, remote control in hand pointed like a weapon, and flip through channels wondering why the offerings are so bad?
Widowhood and Christmas
As I head toward my second Christmas as a widower, I now know the challenges begin with Halloween.
St. Anne, grandmother of her savior
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, with support from The Catholic University of America and the Archdiocese of Washington, will soon open an exhibit entitled "Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea."
Art among us, art within us: honoring the 'divine spark'
Looking back, the son that was born to Leopald and Anna Maria Mozart on a Tuesday evening in late January seemed to arrive with fully formed symphonies bound up in his tiny body, waiting for ink and instrument. At age 3, the toddler nicknamed Wolfgangerl was identifying thirds on the …
Gratitude as the essence of religion
As the Thanksgiving season spills over into Advent and Christmas, many people find themselves remarking that this is their favorite time of the year.
Here's to the faithful or lucky ones
The lucky ones are people with a vibrant faith. They may not be perfect, but they have been able to overcome many obstacles by the grace of God and find happiness despite their weaknesses. They believe in not being overcome by evil but overcoming evil with good.
Light the candles, pour the wine: the Catholic call to celebrate
Grace Osterbauer was a 24-year-old bride-to-be when she took her first cake-decorating class, and the impulse compelling the Texas beauty to make that $35 investment remains today, now a 40-year-old mother of eight.
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