I sought a roadmap for how to grieve, best practices for mourning the passing of loved ones. But still I have found no instruction manual on grief, no established set of rules.
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I forgave my abuser. But I will never forget his abuse.
Forgiveness must not mean perpetuating secrecy and avoiding accountability. It means owning up to the truth.
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I participated in Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine trial—and it taught me a lot about Christian hope
My hope that I am vaccinated is pretty shallow. But doesn’t our experience of mundane hope bring us closer to understanding our deepest hope?
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An open letter to the bishops, from a young Catholic who’s only known a church in scandal
Young people did not lose a trust we once had in the clergy; many of us never had that trust in the first place.
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The wrong people are in charge of protecting our children from sexual abuse
As a layperson, and as a father, I cannot continue to make myself dependent on ordained men. Not for this.
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After a divisive election, how do we answer the question ‘Who is my neighbor?’
Our task now, after we have defaced our neighbors’ political signs and posted undignified invectives online, is to figure out how to be more neighborly to one another.
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Infuriating life (and post-election) advice: If you want peace, accept things as they are.
This is the prayer: Accept things as they are. It was all meant to be.
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The most remote parish in the world has 42 Catholics and zero priests. It’s still thriving.
It is the most remote settled island on earth, and a small Catholic community not only survives there but thrives.
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Election Day’s chaos and long lines brought me hope for my country—and my church
Whatever comes next may be ugly. We all know this. But for reasons I can hardly explain, I felt buoyed up the morning after the election.
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God, please just give me (and the country) a little patience.
The only reaction that matters right now for most of us is spiritual. We need patience. We need to let the votes be counted.