I want to savor the beauty that is all around me, to be a witness to whatever this day will offer me, and all the people in it. But it’s hard!
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The Catholic Church needs to reimagine the role of godparents
Ted Kennedy Jr. on the importance of godparents: The need and desire for spiritual guidance, love, support and personal mentorship does not end when we reach adulthood.
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I crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to save my son. This is my story.
I have crossed deserts and climbed walls to protect my son from violence in Colombia.
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When my mom could remember almost nothing else, the Psalms gave her peace in her last days
The moment I said “The Lord is my shepherd,” my mother calmed down and laid there in quiet contemplation.
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Keeping Your Faith Alive in College: Advice from Recent Graduates
How do you keep things in perspective and maintain a faith life when you are trying to figure out new friends, new freedom and the location of your classes?
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St. Ignatius and the spiritual blindness of racism
Today we allow the existence of a societal system that literally kills people of color, through lack of good medical care, unequal legal rights and the effects of poverty. This curse on people of color lives side by side with white Christianity.
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The prayers of my junior high math teacher have sustained me far beyond my school years
I want this for my own children and their classmates, that they will feel the prayers of their community as they navigate a world that views our faith as old-fashioned, ridiculous and even malicious.
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On not wishing one’s students were different
A professor reflects on the difficulties and opportunities presented by teaching reluctant students.
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The wisdom of ‘Jaws’ and the prophet Jeremiah: Responding to cries for help is a holy thing to do
This is an essay in favor of hearing other people’s cries—and responding—because it is a holy thing to do.
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It’s time to bring back receiving Communion from the chalice
After two years without it, I fear we are forgetting what is so precious about Christ’s blood and the reception of Communion in both forms.