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In Lent, Let’s Learn What It Means to be Companions
Ask any teenager anxious about where they’ll sit in the cafeteria for lunch. Ask any widow or widower learning to cook for one. Ask a grandparent planning a holiday feast, […]
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Share Faith with Kids Simply
What’s the most important influence on a child’s faith, according to numerous studies? It is not attending Mass with their family; not watching their parents’ habits of prayer. It’s not […]
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Praying To God of the Sick When You’re Sick-of-Being-Sick
Here is a story that every family I know can tell: all of us have been sick … for a long, long time. In the past few months, our household […]
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Jesus Was a Teenager Too
If I asked you to imagine Jesus’ childhood, you’d likely picture Him as a baby in the manger. But have you ever considered that Christ was once a teenager too? […]
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When Reentry is Rocky
I recently returned from a beautiful pilgrimage to France, but unexpectedly brought home a stomach bug to my beloved family. Talk about a bumpy reentry to ordinary life: from Lourdes […]
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Wisdom of Night Prayer
“Lord, now let your servant go in peace; your word has been fulfilled.” Thus begins the Canticle of Simeon, the prayer drawn from the words of the prophet who held […]
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Where is God on your calendar?
Where does God show up on your calendar? I pose this as a real question, not a rhetorical one. If someone found your planner on the bus or a stranger […]
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Is your parish family-friendly?
Who doesn’t want the church to grow or the next generation of Catholics to embrace a deep love for their faith? One simple way we can do this is by […]