Tag: Elizabeth Scalia
Just like stepping on a pop top, nearly everything in our...
Too often lately, it feels like the offices from which we’ve historically taken our cues -- our political and community leadership, the punditry, local...
It’s nearly impossible to feel bitter toward someone when you’re praying...
For love of the house of the Lord
I will ask for your good. — Ps 122:9
Sometimes Jesus’ words are so familiar to us we...
‘Ted Lasso’ leaves us pondering the Gospels, whether it’s Jason Sudeikis...
Parting truly is "such sweet sorrow," and in this era of anti-heroes, deep irony and unsympathetic characters, I miss "Ted Lasso." Having found a...
Pride month is over; be careful what you wish for —...
As his sixth birthday approached, my younger son made a big noise about it.
His anticipation was so great that he got jolly a week...
Dealing with a struggle can be difficult enough without social madness...
Recently I found an essay I had written 'way back in 2013, where I'd wondered whether there was room in Catholic pews for a...
Finding faith, hope and courage in the Seven Sorrows devotion with...
On March 17, St. Patrick may get all the noisy notice, but just two days later, Catholics celebrate the solemnity of St. Joseph --...
It’s worth recalling a wry old Jewish maxim: ‘You make plans;...
Like St. Teresa of Avila, I have a skull on my desk. Two, actually -- one plain and one riotously decorated in green and...