“Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low.” Are you ready?
Faith in Focus
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I escaped homelessness but was trapped in fear—until God set me free.
I was standing in the dumpster looking for food when I was overwhelmed by the thought that I am feeding my family garbage.
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Mary, Moses and the miracles of Advent
Miracles surround us; burning bushes keep revealing the Lord’s work. But we need to stop and notice.
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How parishes can turn ‘Christmas Catholics’ into regular Massgoers
Christmas is the chance to welcome the stranger; to be the good innkeeper and not the bad one.
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The U.S. can’t match Mary’s perfection, but we can aspire to her humility
Is it conceit or coincidence that a saint who was conceived without sin is the patron of a country that believes the same about itself?
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I was an American missionary in Honduras. I witnessed firsthand the violence they endure.
In Honduras, paradise and hell are next-door neighbors, and you can hear the gunshots at night from both places.
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I was a victim of racism at my Jesuit high school. I know we can do better.
I cannot continue to hide the enduring pain that I feel because of a vile and humiliating incident 30 years ago.
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My friend suffered silently for years. I didn’t know the depth of her pain until it was too late.
Her voice disappeared, leaving an unrelieved haunting silence that signified the end of Susan Broxton’s earthly life.
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Dorothy Day: College Dropout
The only Americans under review for canonization to attend a public university, Day’s indiscretions and confusions, those awkward discoveries and repeated failures of youth, are our own.
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My dad showed me love through deeds. Now that he has Alzheimer’s, it’s my turn.
I love this man who expressed his love with deeds and whose last deed will likely be his slipping away from me.