Isaiah 1: 5: “….come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.” Come… What a beautifully simple invitation. To come. It’s a opportunity. It’s a journey. It’s a call. It’s a visit. God wants us to come to him this season. As he comes to us. God wants us to be with him…
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Many thanks to producer Judy Zarick for the invitation to appear on the Sharing Faith segment on American Catholic Radio. Listen to the program here. My segment begins at 6:05.
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On Friday I kept my regular appointment to pick up my weekly mail. It’s a rambling backwoods drive through beautiful woodlands and fields to a small village, where the local luncheonette and the post office and a bank all share the same friendly space. For me it was a brief mental escape affording me a…
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1. Never Forget: The Holy Spirit guides the Church, and the Papacy Wow! Who could have predicted this? The Catholic news story of the year was not only the Year of Faith but the resignation of the reigning pontiff, and the conclave to elect a new pope! We also had the first encyclical that was…
Read MoreOk, so my post yesterday had me sharing a drawing from Sr Grace Remington OCSO that I love to share when I’m giving a retreat that mentions Mary’s role in the work of redemption alongside our Lord. Since I’d like to share this drawing more in the future, I am inquiring at the monastery where Sr…
Read MoreSo I’ve been reading Francis’ encyclical and writing about it over at Patheos. My latest piece on Lumen Fidei’s chapter three is up over at my column, A Word in Season. I’d like to zero in on one section of chapter three that I write about in the longer piece: the unity of faith is the…
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This article is currently posted at CatholicMom.com. Go there for great content for families! I grew up with an old saying: “The family that prays together stays together.” And that’s a maxim that I believe in and it’s something my husband Bob and I tried to encourage in every stage of our parenting life. For…
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Jesus and Mary, thank you for the godly women that you send into my life. Today I had breakfast with one of my good friends. The kind of friend that you lament that circumstances prevent you both from getting together more often, but you are so glad that you did. We talked about the transitions…
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For some ten happy years (1985-1994) I was a parishioner at St Anthony’s Church in beautiful Rocky Point, New York. It was a place where my husband and I began our family and raised little ones amidst a burgeoning beach community in a church with a wonderful crew of (mostly) Italian-Amercan priests who loved Jesus,…
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There’s always a reason to be on our knees. The bad-news-o-meter seems to be on overload lately. On the heels of another sad September 11th anniversary, we now experience a mass shooting taking innocent lives at the Navy Yard in DC, and all of it against an unsettled backdrop as our nation and others wonders about a…
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Here it’s coffee and conversation, and where the faith-sharing is often a friendly mix of catechesis and cannoli. It’s a place where we can catch up…
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