By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Is it a sin to miss Sunday Mass, given the extreme pain?
4/24/19
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By Elizabeth Foss
On the Monday of Holy Week, we stuffed several dozen plastic eggs with sweet treasures and bound them tightly in a large plastic bag and put them in the back of the car so that I wouldn’t forget them. Then, we drove them nearly 400 miles north to hide them in the magical backyard of the house where my grandchildren live. On Easter Sunday, those four little ones and my two youngest children searched for bright eggs under daffodils and yet-to-bloom lilies. With every splash of color, there was a little burst of expectant joy. Always, always from the littlest to the biggest, we are a people on the hunt for joy.
4/24/19
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By Christopher White
The stones and spires of Notre Dame aren't merely a part of that country's past, but what they represent offer a way forward for both the country and church alike, as they did for me more than a decade ago.
4/24/19
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By John Garvey
It's sad, what we have done to ourselves, and especially to the young people whose hormones are pulling them irresistibly to find love and play a part in God's creation. Instead, we offer them a diet of porn that they can binge on until they develop a virtual version of Prader-Willi syndrome.
4/24/19
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A Herald reader writes in about a prom tradition from his hometown Catholic high school.
4/18/19
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By Daniel S. Mulhall
One of the great joys of the Easter Vigil is the lighting of the Easter fire, the lighting of the Easter candle from that fire, and then the lighting of each person’s candle from the Easter candle.
4/17/19
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By Fr. Joseph M. Rampino
While Easter Sunday brings images of light and renewed life, Christ in golden glory, the pure sunshine of a spring morning, innumerable flowers and songs of great joy, the Gospel reading for this highest feast sets a rather different scene.
4/17/19
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As we approach Good Friday, a set of reflections are available for the Stations of the Cross.
4/16/19
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Catholic Review Managing Editor Paul McMullen came into my office April 15 with his phone in his hand. “Have you seen what’s happening in Paris?” he asked, showing me the news feed of a massive fire at the Cathedral of Notre Dame.
4/16/19
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Gospel Commentary: A mission of mercy
In every season of the church’s liturgical year, we are compelled by the love of God to proclaim boldly God’s mercy.