By Russell Shaw
The March for Life had a new look this year. When thousands of pro-life demonstrators marched through the streets of Washington Jan. 20, instead of proceeding to the Supreme Court as in the past, they ended their trek across the street at the U.S. Capitol. The symbolism is correct. And it’s not just the March […]
1/25/23
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By Fr. Joseph M. Rampino
Gospel Commentary Jan. 22 Mt 4:12-23 This week’s Gospel seems to provide us a simple message indeed. Christ calls his first disciples, foretelling that they will become “fishers of men.” Simon and Andrew, James and John, hear this call, and “immediately (leave) their boat and their father” to follow Jesus. Are we not to reflect […]
1/21/23
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By Elizabeth Foss
We’re a few days into 2023 now, and some of us are hustling to get those resolutions in order so that they still “count.” The new year dawned (maybe even at dawn), and we were tired. We meant to come up with some really great plans, a guiding word for the year, a solid resolution […]
1/17/23
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What better time than the new year to right old wrongs? For an embarrassing number of years, I missed one of life’s basics: As a young married man, I sped into each new day without spending time before the Lord. First came our wedding. Then 9/11. A fixer-upper project, just in time for our firstborn’s […]
1/17/23
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By Fr. Richard Miserendino
GOSPEL COMMENTARY Jan. 15, Jn 1:29-34 While everyone enjoys a good story, there are some who enjoy finding the plot holes or inconsistencies in one almost as much as they enjoyed the work itself. Those eagle-eyed readers would spot what seems to be a contradiction in our Gospel today (Jn 1:29-34). John the Baptist has […]
1/14/23
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By Russell Shaw
If you have access to a radio station that carries the Saturday matinee broadcasts from the Metroplitan Opera, you have a memorable experience waiting for you Jan. 28. The featured work will be Francis Poulenc’s “Dialogues of the Carmelites” (1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time). This is a deeply moving spiritual drama with one of the […]
1/12/23
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As news of the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI spread Dec. 31, people began sharing their encounters and impressions of the pope who served the church so long and so faithfully, and who made news when he retired in 2013. For Catholic journalists, some stories date back to his days as Cardinal Joseph […]
1/9/23
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By Fr. Steven Oetjen
GOSPEL COMMENTARY JAN. 8, MT 2:1-12 Today on the solemnity of the Epiphany, we hear of an extraordinary event. Magi were drawn from the East to make a journey to Christ the newborn king of the Jews. Curious minds might ask: what drew them to make that journey? We know that God drew the shepherds […]
1/8/23
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By Lucia A. Silecchia
The most ordinary of pictures hung in the foyer of my parents’ home. It was, to be sure, a picture of extraordinary people — a muted, faded depiction of Mary holding a newly born Christ in her arms. It was a picture with no quantifiable value. As newlyweds, my parents had visited the National Gallery […]
12/31/22
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