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Passion and Grace

Carol Monaco March 28, AD2018 1 Comment

As we celebrate the Glorious Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, let us also embrace Mary our Blessed Mother who shares in the passion and

Make the Most of Holy Week and Forgive Your Enemies

Anne DeSantis March 27, AD2018 9 Comments

The Church has talked about the need to forgive our enemies for centuries. One of Jesus’s greatest missions during his last hours on earth was

Lent: Join Our Suffering to That of Christ

Bob Kurland March 9, AD2018 3 Comments

The witnesses of the Cross and Resurrection of Christ have handed on to the Church and to mankind a specific Gospel of suffering. The

Depression in Lent, an Unsought Penance

Jim Dougherty March 8, AD2018 5 Comments

My Lent so far has consisted of an unrelenting depression that has been getting worse for months. My mounting anxieties and a sense of hopelessness

The Other Side of a Vocation Story

Trish Irvine March 2, AD2018 1 Comment

I have prayed the Prayer for Vocations a couple thousand times and yet it wasn’t until fourteen years ago that it struck a chord. There

Lent: A Holy Pause that Shakes the Soul

Mark C. McCann February 19, AD2018 2 Comments

When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. (Revelation 8:1) There is a deep need within

Moving Toward True Peace

Wendy McMahan January 19, AD2018 1 Comment

Life is just a speck in time, it passes us by so quickly. There is a beginning and there is an end, but it is

The Lonely Way of the Writer: A New Year’s Message for My Fellow Writers

Mark C. McCann January 12, AD2018 5 Comments

Every January 1st, many of us decide to come clean with our personal struggles and make resolutions to better ourselves in the days ahead. In

PFLAG ‘T.H.AW.’- A Program to Make Homosexual Behavior ‘Okay’

Gene M. Van Son January 11, AD2018 29 Comments

The announcement in our parish bulletin last spring seemed innocuous enough. A program entitled Transgender Homosexual Awareness (T.H.AW.) was being held to give parishioners

A Sabbatical for Suffering with the Immaculate Conception

Jim Dougherty December 8, AD2017 3 Comments

A year ago when I was 65 and working in Hawaii, I traveled 4,860 miles to Delaware to visit my Dad who had just been

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Monica’s Miseries and Fortitude’s Strength

Kevin Aldrich December 3, AD2017 3 Comments

These days we hear a lot about “snowflakes.” These are young adults who must be protected from the least slight, whether real or imagined. Fortitude

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God Will Not Be Outdone in Generosity

Janet Meyer November 15, AD2017 6 Comments

My mother-in-law didn’t care for me. I knew that long before our engagement was announced. I wasn’t even surprised when she tried to convince my

The Poetry of Molly McCully Brown: A Theology of Broken Bodies

Patrick Malone October 30, AD2017 2 Comments

Molly McCully Brown‘s The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded is a magnificent collection of poems, depicting the experiences of profoundly disabled persons who, shunned

The Heartbreak of Making End of Life Decisions

Wendy McMahan October 8, AD2017 5 Comments

Two years ago, my mother-in-law entered a hospice facility. She was afraid to die and afraid to be alone, so I stayed at the hospice

Persecution: The Eighth Beatitude

Kevin Aldrich October 5, AD2017 5 Comments

Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you