I am learning to meet my summer Mass shake-ups with grace.
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How I learned to pray the Examen—despite my short attention span
I took this to God and asked for some tools I could use to make the nightly Examen work for my neurodivergent brain.
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The Jesuit roots of the synod’s ‘conversations in the spirit’
The method has deep roots in a form of communal discernment that was developed in Canada after the Second Vatican Council.
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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.
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Eucharistic Diary: United by our common love of our savior
It was stunning to see that the 10th National Eucharistic Congress had achieved one of its principal aims—Eucharistic coherence.
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Eucharistic Diary: A place to explore belief and belonging
Discomfort disappeared as quickly as it had come, and I found a community of belonging and belief. We all have a place here at the National Eucharistic Congress.
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J.D. Vance, the Eucharistic Revival and deporting the body of Christ
Maybe the reformed hearts at the Eucharistic Congress will leave Indianapolis with a new attitude when faced with signs like “Deport Them All.”
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Eucharistic Diary: Holy chaos at the Eucharistic Congress
A nun with lightsabers. 100 priests hearing confession. Spontaneous song. Prayers over pizza. Toddlers at Mass. The Eucharistic Congress is chaotic, loud, fun—and glorious.
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Priests need a summer vacation, too.
Taking time off speaks to the need all people in ministry understand: To be deliberate about rest and to recharge so as to serve more effectively.
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Eucharistic Diary: The Eucharistic Congress is moving in a way I did not expect.
I cannot tell you exactly why I am getting emotional, except to say that maybe I am sorely in the mood for something simple and nonaffected and happy and endearing and guileless. (Maybe everyone is?)