A Reflection for Saturday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
Valerie Schultz
Valerie Schultz is a freelance writer, a columnist for The Bakersfield Californian and the author of Till the Moon Be No More: The Grit and Grace of Growing Older. She lives on the Oregon Coast.
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Fishers of people
A Reflection for Monday of the First Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
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Dear Catholic Boomers: Don’t get too comfortable during Trump’s next four years
After another Trump victory, I thought about tuning out of politics. Then I remembered that I do not have that luxury. I am a Catholic.
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When the Gospel focuses on women
A Reflection for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by Valerie Schultz
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Writing letters from a prison cell
A Reflection for Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
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Three books about death to read before you die
My plan was not to read three books in a row about death. But I just did.
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The days of little flowers
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor of the Church, by Valerie Schultz
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Who do you belong to?
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz
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We are clay in the hands of the potter
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, by Valerie Schultz
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Joe Biden made room for the next generation. Baby Boomers should do the same.
The realization that a younger person is more fit, more alert, more capable, more relevant, more suited to the job one has long done is not fun. We baby boomers can relate.