I have a confession to make: I have not been to confession yet this Advent. Every year, I bug people to go sometime during the season, and I think most of my family has been. But I have not yet gone myself.
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Parents, ask your children—and yourself—for forgiveness
I hope the lessons I learned in caring for my mother, in forgiving my father, help me to forge a better path forward with my children.
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The powerful, prayerful experience of being a remote parishioner
Some people might wonder how I felt so connected to others from afar, but there are many ways that I connected with my parish, and I really felt like I belonged.
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Mary is a living tabernacle—and each time we receive the body of Christ, we are too.
The Incarnation continues in the church, the body of Christ.
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How centering prayer has helped me face anxiety, the pandemic and my most vulnerable moments
Centering prayer helps me find those places in my heart where God’s grace is playing.
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‘Why Does God Hate Me?’ A response to a frequently Googled question
I typed “Why does God…” into Google to see what would auto-populate. The question, “Why does God hate me?” was number three on the list.
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The Top 10 Christmas hymns played in churches
Results of a poll of 9,000 Christian churches last December were released this Dec. 1. What Christmas carols made the Top 10?
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What I learned about the priesthood of all believers as a priest lay dying in a hospital room
The graces of the sacraments of Anointing of the Sick, Ordination, Baptism, Matrimony and Eucharist compounded as they were being lived out.
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Behind the scenes: What it’s like to interview Pope Francis
Some part of me hoped that the interview would help teach me how to be more like Francis. But it’s clear the only thing he wants is for us to want to be more like Jesus.
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The Father, the Son and the Hay Maze
I got lost in a maze of darkness and could not get out. Christ is like the great hero, rushing into the cold and dark to save us.