What might be seen when the one looking looks again in a new way?
The Good Word
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What Michelangelo’s flawed Pietà teaches us about Mary
If, so often, the sad fate of women is to bear what men have wrought, Mary does this like no other.
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What does the Holy Family teach us about ourselves?
In celebrating the Feast of the Holy Family, we draw attention to this fundamental fact about families, and, in this case, salvation. Not being his neighbor or kin, none of us can say what came from Joseph and what was of Mary, but we do know that the two of them made him the man he was.
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Is the Christmas story too good to be true?
If you find the Christmas tale too good to be true, you are going to have a problem with Willa Cather’s short story, “The Burglar’s Christmas.”
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Why do the Gospels insist on the virgin birth of Jesus?
The virgin birth is the resurrection, being read into human sexuality
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On Gaudete Sunday, we are called to rejoice—despite the bad news.
Why is bad news so much easier to believe than the good?
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Mary shows us what Christ truly expects from Christmas
Have you ever noticed how many of our popular, secular Christmas songs are not about the day itself but rather about hope and longing as that date draws near?
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George H.W. Bush and the call of fruitful leadership
If you are wondering about those who lead you, ask yourself: Do they call you to something higher, something that demands your own growth?
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Advent is a time to face your fears
Praying in a time of fear is a bit like learning to ride a bicycle. It goes against the grain of fear itself.
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The Solemnity of Christ the King tells us time has a destiny
Something that happened more than 2,000 years ago will draw all of time, all of the longings of the human heart, into itself.