By Christina Capecchi
Sometimes gold flakes surface along the periphery. The first or last picture in a photo shoot is the winner. The opening or final page of a book delivers the line that you hold to your heart. Or the wind-down of an interview — right after the formal conversation has wrapped up — produces a comment […]
9/14/22
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A number of years ago, my youngest brother — on R&R from a U.S. Agency for International Development assignment in Fallujah, Iraq, during some of the worst violence — sleep-walked out a window. He fractured his jaw, broke both wrists and easily could have died. His relationship with sleep was upended. Most of us, thankfully, […]
9/13/22
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By Elizabeth Foss
My son got married last weekend. My daughters and I kicked off the wedding weekend with a trip to Trader Joe’s to fill a cart with flowers. Katie, who is almost 20, said that filling a cart with cut flowers is a bucket list item for her. They were all giddy with the errand, to […]
9/12/22
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By Fr. Jack Peterson, YA
GOSPEL COMMENTARY Sept. 11, Lk 15:1-32 The book of Exodus narrates a perfect example of how stubborn, thoughtless and completely unappreciative we can be at times. It does so by highlighting a very ugly moment in the life of the Hebrew people. They recently had witnessed a powerful series of God’s marvelous deeds. God sent […]
9/10/22
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By Fr. Joseph M. Rampino
Gospel Commentary Sept. 4, Lk 14:25-33 This week’s Gospel presents one of the beautiful moments in which Christ shakes us. His teaching is sharp, demanding, unsparing. When we read “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother … he cannot be my disciple,” we can be dismayed. When we hear “anyone of […]
9/3/22
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By Lucia A. Silecchia
I was visiting a parish not my own when a young girl of about 5 greeted me. With a shy smile and the quiet encouragement of her mother, she handed me a hand-colored greeting card welcoming me to her parish. I do not know if her card-making was a class project or an initiative of […]
8/31/22
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By Elizabeth Foss
As I approach my 35th wedding anniversary, which will fall just days after my third son gets married, my thoughts keep turning to the miracle of marriage. I mean, what’s the chance that two people can make a commitment decision for a lifetime that involves so much sacrifice and learning and growing on both parts […]
8/31/22
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By Msgr. Charles M. Mangan
The new English formula for absolution used in penance is to go into effect sometime during 2023. Last year, the U.S. Bishops voted on two slight changes in translation from the current formula. This year, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments approved this latest translation of the Latin original. […]
8/30/22
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By Russell Shaw
These are not the best of times for America’s men and boys. Recent data suggest the extent of the problem, without getting at its roots. Men now make up only 40.5 percent of college enrollment. Men’s median wage has been declining in real terms for more than 20 years. And “deaths of despair”— resulting from […]
8/30/22
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