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Growing in gentleness

By Elizabeth Foss
Is it just me or has the world become even angrier than it was two years ago? Is it possible that this Lent is marked by more darkness than that one? I’m working some spring cleaning into my Lenten routine, and I’ve been pondering this anger as I work. More specifically, I’m thinking about women […]
3/25/22
Reading Time 3 min

Remembering our Eucharistic roots

By Fr. Jonathan M. Smith
Devotion to the holy Eucharist has deep roots in the City of Brotherly Love. While most people visit Philadelphia to see the Liberty Bell, run up the Rocky Steps and eat a cheesesteak, the city also has a rich Catholic culture, which merits a visit to see the birthplace of Eucharistic devotion in the United […]
3/25/22
Reading Time 3 min

Come on in

By John Garvey
When I was a boy, there was a revolution in Hungary against the communist government. The Soviet Union put it down brutally. Several hundred thousand Hungarians fled the country, some for the United States. My grandfather took in one family. They moved into the little white house where I was born and stayed for a […]
3/25/22
Reading Time 3 min

History of Russia’s consecration to Mary

By Msgr. Charles M. Mangan
Our Lady of Fatima, having asked for the consecration of Russia to her Immaculate Heart as well as the communion of reparation on the five First Saturdays, told Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta July 13, 1917: “If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her […]
3/25/22
Reading Time 3 min

Christ’s warnings

By Joseph M. Rampino
Gospel Commentary March 20, lk 13:1-9 “If you do not repent, you will all perish.” This saying of Jesus can serve as a powerful test of the health of our spiritual lives as Christians. Do we hear these words of the Lord as a threat or as a loving plea? Do we react to this […]
3/18/22
Reading Time 3 min

Could Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson vote pro-life?

By Russell Shaw
Something unusual happened last month at the session during which President Joe Biden introduced Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his choice for the Supreme Court. When her turn to speak came, she began by thanking not Biden but God. These days nominees for high office in the nation’s capital don’t ordinarily declare themselves by speaking […]
3/17/22
Reading Time 3 min

Irish soda bread or tea cake?

By Ann M. Augherton
From the archives Every year around St. Patrick’s Day I bake some Irish soda bread. I don’t have an old family recipe from my Irish grandmothers, so I usually pull a cookbook off the shelf and settle on a tried recipe with what I thought were the basic ingredients — flour, butter, baking soda, salt, […]
3/14/22
Reading Time 2 min

Unexpected Lent

By Elizabeth Foss
The common refrain is that this Lent began in 2020; the last two years have been one long Lent. It’s easy to understand that train of thought. So much has happened since March 2020, and so much of it has been hard. Very little of the suffering has been of our choosing. No one sat […]
3/11/22
Reading Time 3 min

The Catholic call to creativity

By Christina Capecchi
The idea came in a dream. It was just like the movies, the fantasy of every writer who has slogged away at a keyboard, awaiting inspiration. Haley Stewart’s came. “I woke up, and I was like: ‘I have to write this story. It was just given to me.’ ” Over the years, the 36-year-old Catholic […]
3/10/22
Reading Time 3 min

Studying space with the eyes of faith

By Russell Shaw
The question had been rattling around at the back of my mind for some time, and now I thought I had a chance of getting it answered. I was chatting with a man who had a doctorate in astronomy and now held a top science post in the government, so I asked, “Am I right […]
3/10/22
Reading Time 3 min

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