By Elizabeth Foss
In the days before Election Day, so much noise rose to a crescendo, yet I was barely aware as the intensity built. I took in information at every turn, but rarely did I let anything go. I’m left with a ringing in my ears and throbbing behind my eyes, the result of a constant blur of tweets and Facebook posts, newscasts, and radio ads
11/8/16
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By Connor Bergeron
The works of Franz Schubert and Johannes Brahms provide a tasty tribute in a performance by the National Chamber Ensemble. The National Chamber Ensemble presented A Night in Vienna, a one-night performance, in collaboration with the Austrian Cultural Forum, which featured works of Franz Schubert and Johannes Brahms at the Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre in Arlington […]
11/3/16
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By Elizabeth Foss
With the occasionally crisp, subtle coolness of September in Virginia, my pace usually quickens just a bit in expectant hope. September brings order — the order of days that follow along the tracks of a schedule, the order of deadlines and appointments written in ink. I love order; it gives me a sense of security. […]
11/2/16
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By Elizabeth Foss
It happened for the first time almost exactly to the minute, 28 years from the moment my first baby was born. That morning, I didn’t have to silence the voice. For the entire span of a childhood and then some, the voice has been telling me the same lie over and over again. But the […]
11/2/16
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By Fr. Matthew H. Zuberbueler
Gospel Commentary Lk 20:27-38 When we listen to God’s word this Sunday it will be almost impossible for us to hear it outside the context of our national elections to be held in two days. The passage of the Gospel of Luke we hear may not seem to be instructive for us in an election […]
11/2/16
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By Christina Capecchi
It’s almost as if November’s Mass readings were written for election-weary Catholics, with their foreboding tones and calls for “perseverance” and “endurance” amid distress. “They will seize you and persecute you,” St. Luke warns. “Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light,” St. Paul exhorts. […]
11/2/16
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For those who work with Bishop Loverde daily, the little things eclipse the big labels: the kindness as he holds the elevator for you; or remembers that today is the anniversary of your brother’s death; or takes the time to learn the name of the temp assisting down the hall.
11/2/16
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By Fr. Jack Peterson
Gospel commentary LK 19:1-10 I went outside today and climbed a tree. I will admit that it has been a long time since I had done so. It took a little longer than when I was 12 years old. I kept thinking about how dirty I was getting, how badly I was going to scrape […]
10/27/16
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By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
We all want to go to heaven and see Jesus, but I would like to have some idea of where it is. Can you help me?
10/25/16
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Krempa The end or the beginning?