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The summer of self-care

By Elizabeth Foss
Humidity hangs heavy today and the temperature has crept toward 90; it’s undeniably feeling like summer in Virginia. As I sit with a calendar that has palpably shifted from the frenetic end-of-school-year busyness to a more sanguine, relaxed busyness, I’m making a promise to myself. Summer will be for self-care. Summer will be for strengthening […]
5/27/15
Reading Time 3 min

Men such as these

By George Weigel
Like most denizens of Washington, I pay too little attention to the sites other Americans make sacrifices to visit. Earlier this month, though, prompted by reading James Scott’s Target Tokyo, a comprehensive history of the famous Doolittle Raid of April 18, 1942, I strolled through Arlington National Cemetery in search of three graves. They were […]
5/27/15
Reading Time 3 min

Look of love: Jesus’ gaze will change your life, pope says

By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – The gaze of Jesus can change a person’s life just like it did with St. Peter, Pope Francis said. “He always looks at us with love. He asks us something, he forgives us and he gives us a mission,” the pope said May 22 during his early morning Mass in the Domus […]
5/22/15
Reading Time 2 min

Pope urges prayers for China, persecuted Christians over Pentecost

By Laura Ieraci | Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis asked Catholics worldwide to show solidarity through their prayers for Catholics in China and for persecuted Christians over the Pentecost weekend. The World Day of Prayer for the Church in China is observed each year on the feast of Our Lady Help of Christians, May 24, which this year falls […]
5/22/15
Reading Time 1 min

Give the pope’s encyclical a chance

By Russell Shaw
Not long after St. John XXIII’s social encyclical “Mater et Magistra” made its appearance in 1961, a wisecrack began making the rounds among Catholics who’d taken umbrage: “Mater, si; magistra, no” – mother, yes; teacher, no. In other words, the church has a maternal relationship with her members but is not their teacher on matters […]
5/22/15
Reading Time 3 min

The divine therapist

By Fr. Jerry J. Pokorsky
Pascal famously said the first obligation of a Christian is to think clearly. Not bad as a sound bite and certainly not unexpected from the logical mind of a mathematician. Of course, Pascal derived his wisdom from the Lord Himself who promised: “But when He comes, the Spirit of truth, He will guide you to […]
5/20/15
Reading Time 4 min

An uncommon tribute

By Soren Johnson
I was 4 years old, and not Catholic, when Karol Wojtyla was elected the 264th bishop of Rome. By the time I was 27 – and as he entered his final four years – the Lord would call me to the church. St. John Paul II was central to this pilgrimage of faith. So you […]
5/19/15
Reading Time 3 min

Accompanying signs

By Fr. Paul D. Scalia
When was the last time you drove out a demon? Or handled snakes? Or drank deadly poison? If you are like most followers of Jesus Christ, it has probably been a while. And yet Our Lord seems to prescribe such activities for His followers: “These signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they […]
5/13/15
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St. John Paul II and Mary

By Fr. William P. Saunders
Q: In the Catholic Herald (April 23-29), there was the article, “Personal, intimate devotion to Mary.” I was surprised to read Father Majorano’s comment, “The sense of Pope Francis’ devotion to Mary is a little more personal, more intimate than St. John Paul’s was. Pope Francis expresses that feeling that exists between a son and […]
5/13/15
Reading Time 5 min

Rooting out sin

By Elizabeth Foss
It’s planting time. And growing time. And watering time. But, wait. First, it’s weeding time. Every year, I say I’m going to get after the weeds before it’s a big job, and every year, I don’t. The weeds around the trees are particularly overgrown this spring. They’re woody and tenacious and in need of some […]
5/13/15
Reading Time 3 min

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