The eyes of faith allowed us to see the people we served as people who shared in the purpose of life we all have been tasked with: to love and be loved.
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The tragedy of Syria—and what we all could have done differently
Why did we fail, so often, to help?
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Let the chaos of the Christmas pageant bring you closer to Christ
What better way to celebrate Christmas than to have faith in things unseen, to find hope in a child.
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Why I stopped listening to ‘Last Christmas’—and how it won me back
If God can work through both the rich and the poor, the meek and the mighty, surely God can also work through all types of music and art.
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Confessions of a Catholic in an Advent funk
My concern with Advent is that it can reduce our hoping for the surprising act of God to waiting for God to give us what we expect.
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This Advent, don’t run away from darkness—spiritual or literal
When both the literal and the spiritual darkness of the world feels overwhelming, we must not turn away.
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What researching my ancestry taught me about being an adopted child of God
We are not only the family of God because of an act of love but, because he was born as one of us, we are now also biologically like God. We are genetically related to him because he became one of us.
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Father James Martin: My 5 favorite jokes about Jesuits (inspired by Pope Francis)
Today in The New York Times, Pope Francis praised the value of joy, humor and laughter, and noted “jokes about and told by Jesuits are in a class of their own.” Here are 5 of my favorite.
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Want to make a personalized donation this Christmas season? Try your parish’s giving tree.
Although there are many ways to donate during the Christmas season, the giving trees may be the most meaningful to me. This format for giving provides an intimacy not always present through other forms of donating.
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My final vows as a religious sister—and the people who got me there
I hoped my final vows would be an occasion of encounter with the goodness of God for each person present