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The master faster

By Fr. Matthew H. Zuberbueler
Gospel Commentary Mt 4:1-11   When Jesus was fasting in the desert for 40 days and 40 nights, there were no reporters covering the event. We know that the devil, the tempter, made an unfriendly visit. We know that the angels came after that to minister to Jesus. Otherwise, we can expect that Jesus was […]
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Other persons are a gift

By Sr. Constance Veit, L.s.p.
A few days ago I met a little girl who made a big impression on me. Grace and her older brother Benedict suffer from a rare genetic disorder that has resulted in serious hearing impairment and limited physical growth. The two come to our home for the elderly each week with their mother to pray […]
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Deserving a break

By Soren Johnson
“I deserve a break.”  For some of us guys — allow me to speak in hypotheticals—  these four words are intoxicating.  You come home tired from work. Up since 5 a.m. The kids are fighting. New bills to pay, old ones yet unpaid. A new question from your boss dings your inbox. A kid mouths […]
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Cultivating a life

By Christina Capecchi
The old farmers used to say you should leave a field better than you found it. Sometimes that called for heavy lifting. Other times it just meant picking up a rock as you crossed and placing it at the field’s edge. That counsel stuck with Amy Hereford, who grew up on a 10-acre Missouri farm […]
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The Johnson Amendment

By John Garvey
At the National Prayer Breakfast last month, President Donald Trump promised to “totally destroy” the Johnson Amendment “and allow our representatives of faith to speak freely and without fear of retribution.” I must confess that, on the list of things I hope the new administration will accomplish this year, this one is fairly far down. […]
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8 simple steps to better manage meds

By Special To The Herald
Modern medicine can work wonders. However, in order to be effective, medicine needs to be taken safely, according to prescribing guidelines, and patients and health care providers need to be vigilant about the dangers of drug interactions. When it comes to medication use, seniors take more prescription and over-the-counter drugs than any other age group, […]
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Retirement: An invitation for something more

By Carolyn Woo

There are also others who count their days toward retirement with detailed plans for relocation, coursework already selected at local colleges and new memberships in all sorts of volunteer, exercise and learning communities. For most people, including myself, it is probably a mix of both: joyful anticipation of the fruits from decades of hard work as well as a sense of scrambling when we lose our footing in familiar structures.

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Little Black Book provides Lenten inspiration

By Sam Lucero

Now in its 17th year of publication, the Little Black Book has its origins in the Diocese of Saginaw and was the idea of Saginaw's bishop, the late Bishop Kenneth E. Untener. 

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Arlington seminarians visit Apostolic Nunciature

Fourth-year seminarians Deacon Jordan Willard and Deacon Stephen Vaccaro of the Diocese of Arlington met with Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States and chancellor of the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio. 

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