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Effie Caldarola, Cathoilc News Service

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Effie Caldarola writes for Catholic News Service from the greater Omaha area.

Effie Caldarola: ‘Salome followed Jesus as the truth unfolded at the...

Remember that old saying, born of frustration: "If it's not one thing, it's another!" A friend's kids turned that into a way to tease her:...

Third Sunday of Lent: Music can bring us closer to Jesus...

Sometimes we don't "go" to prayer, but prayer comes to us. Maybe a sunrise, a poem, a location becomes an experience of a thin place,...

‘Cannonball moment’ of St. Ignatius brings life out of the darkest...

The weather was nasty as I hunkered on a Saturday morning over my computer with a cup of cocoa. Rain, wind and icy shards...

The Beatitudes: Peace starts with us, but it must start within...

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God" (Mt 5:9). When Jesus said this as he spoke from the hilltop, what...

A fish story can include strengthening of faith, reinforcement of brotherhood...

Best fishing story of January: A small group of fishermen and an Irish fishing association stopped the Russian navy from conducting war games in...

Confront the complexity of history, and fear those who want to...

The book, "We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families," is at once both stunning and horrifying. Searching for...

It’s important to remember the path we are on with God...

My husband and I are in the process of moving to the East Coast to be near our daughters and grandchildren. I say "process" because...

Benedictine values can give us strength, patience during Advent: Effie Caldarola

Waiting isn't easy, and yet Advent asks of us just that: to wait on the Lord. Sometimes in this busy world, we need some help...

Say a prayer of gratitude in recalling all souls and all...

As I head down the hill for my evening walk, a giant full moon looms ahead. A harvest moon, this being a Midwestern October....

Give the Lord the day and ask God to help you...

Psalm 30 tells us a great deal about morning: "At dusk weeping comes for the night; but at dawn there is rejoicing." Everybody loves a...

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