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First Sunday of Advent: We are called, like Mary, to ‘laud...

I love the hymns that accompany us through the Advent season. A term I sometimes hear used for them is "haunting." Some are played in...

‘Visio divina’: Divine seeing and praying with art and Scripture

In the past few years, the term "visio divina" has gained traction in the Catholic lexicon. Like "lectio divina," which is a way to...

Katy Carl: ‘As Earth Without Water’ is a journey from liberty...

Of her first novel, writer and editor-in-chief of the literary journal "Dappled Things," Katy Carl, says: "The task of art is to represent, at some...

Jeannine Marie Pitas’ ‘Things Seen and Unseen’ invites readers to place...

In glistening language, Jeannine Marie Pitas' poetry collection, "Things Seen and Unseen," invites readers to the place where the mundane borders on the extraordinary,...

First Sunday of Lent: By denying some goodnesses of life I...

The First Sunday of Lent has traditionally found me in a state of semi-denial, skirting the edge of the desert. I've been invited to walk...

The Beatitudes: Meekness is the best path to self-realization

For me, meekness usually brings to mind words like "mild-mannered," "timid," and even the implication of weakness. In a culture that places high value on...

During Advent, rediscover a place of rest by following the example...

The second reading for the Third Sunday of Advent is a place of personal resonance: "Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer...

A vocabulary of belief: Redemption in Alice McDermott’s ‘Charming Billy’

In a 2007 interview with the journal Image, author Alice McDermott shared her view on the sacramental in her work: "The idea of sacrament...

Pentecost: Meditating on the birthday of the church and the Holy...

Pentecost invites us to celebrate the birthday of the church and meditate upon the Holy Spirit's role in our individual lives. I remember a small...

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