When we say farewell to those who have meant so much to us, we close up a world like a book.
The Good Word
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The Gospel—like motherhood—is a reality beyond words
We can talk about motherhood. We can talk about the Gospel. But both stand beyond talking, beyond words. They’re a dying in living, a dying to live.
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The work of the church is ongoing — and we all need to do our part
Our task is not to judge the branches of the vine.
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Doubt is normal. The saints have experienced it, too.
There is much more to life and discipleship than death, yet death determines the final meaning of both.
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Nothing wonderful in this life will be lost in the resurrection
Intimacy and the honest pleasures of the flesh will not fade away.
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It is so easy to forget we are loved. That’s why God gave us his Son — and the church.
Whatever else sin is, it is always a forgetting that we are loved by God. And the more we sin, the more we forget.
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Easter Sunday: What a flower can teach us about Jesus’ death (and resurrection)
Louise Glück’s poem, “Wild Iris,” begins with a description of death, the sort of death something made of earth and growing there might recount if it could speak.
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Is the Last Supper history’s most paradoxical lie?
The early Christian record is not what we should expect from the human weakness to exploit the truth to serve one’s own ends.
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Good Friday homily: Did God the Father demand the death of his Son?
While God the Father did not will the death of the Son, we can still ask why the Father permitted it. The answer lies in the act of our creation.
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St. Mark’s Gospel: A Murder Mystery?
At the beginning of his Passion, Jesus bears witness to the truth as he allows himself to be proclaimed the messiah.