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Amid the Fray

Caring for Mom as Mom cared for me

There is a particularly unexpected twist in the saga of many families when the child suddenly starts acting the parent and the parent resembles the child.
Simple Holiness

Obedience to God’s will

As Catholics, we have a beautiful intercessor, the Virgin Mary, to whom we pray for protection and guidance. During the month of May, one of the two months in which Mary is particularly honored, we ask that her gentle, loving voice help us know the way we are to go in life.
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Obedience to God’s will

As Catholics, we have a beautiful intercessor, the Virgin Mary, to whom we pray for protection and guidance. During the month of May, one of the two months in which Mary is particularly honored, we ask that her gentle, loving voice help us know the way we are to go in life.
Twenty Something

‘Hello World!’: Advice for grads from a curious Catholic

George Corrigan never met a person who didn’t fascinate him. The delivery guy. The plumber. The barista. He wanted to know their names and their life stories, which came tumbling out when he flashed his megawatt smile and asked his earnest questions.
Catholic Hotdish

Apart from me you can do nothing

“I am the true vine” (Jn 15:1), “You are the branches” (Jn 15:5), and he made the profound observation: “A branch cannot bear fruit on its own” (Jn 15:4). “Apart from me you can do nothing” (Jn 15:5).
From Readers

From readers – April 29, 2021

Chauvin needs prayers, too Preserving George Floyd Square Praying for Biden’s conversion Fifth commandment Planned Parenthood’s power Most important matter More than abortion
Catholic Watchmen

The first saints to whom I go

As we celebrate the crowning of the Blessed Mother early in May, commemorate the feast of Our Lady of Fatima midway through, and close out the month memorializing the Visitation, it is indeed apropos that a secular feast — Mother’s Day — is also highlighted.
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As regular session nears end, a defense of life and dignity

Minnesota’s Legislature ends its regular session in mid-May. This deadline makes right now a key time for Catholics to fulfill the missionary call to bring our faith into the public arena by speaking up for policies that uphold life and dignity.
Your Heart His Home

The lasting grace of praying in a parking garage

As a jazz singer, I had the opportunity to play some prestigious venues, the North Sea and Montreux Jazz Festivals, for example. When I lived in Nashville, I sang in some highly regarded rooms, legendary for songwriters and musicians.
Catholic Hotdish

St. Louis Mary de Montfort Priest, Confessor, Founder

St. Louis Mary de Montfort is also known as St. Louis Grignion de Montfort and St. Louis Mary Grignion. He was born on January 31, 1673, in Montfort in Brittany, France, the eldest of eight children in a very poor family. He entered the college in Rennes, France, at the age of twelve, where he was educated by the Jesuits.
Food from Scripture

Milk and honey: Prosperity in the Promised Land

Milk and honey make grand appearances in the Old Testament to represent prosperity in the Promised Land. It is God who promises to lead the enslaved Israelites "into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey" (Ex 3:8).
Faith at Home

Ripping the roof off the house

Since I was young, leafing through colorful pages in my children's Bible, I've loved the Gospel story where the friends lower the paralyzed man through the roof of the home where Jesus was staying.
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