If Sister Edith’s spiritual gifts first attracted me to a life in ministry, it was her human warmth that said it’s O.K. for you to be here, in fact, you’re welcome to stay a while.
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Watching the reality dating show ‘Love on the Spectrum’ when your child has autism
The show may not capture the entire autism spectrum, but the people who are on the show are more real than anyone else I’ve seen on reality TV.
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Why moving from Lent to the Easter season is so tricky
No, I do not gorge on Cadbury Creme Eggs for seven weeks straight. But somehow a prolonged feast in the liturgical sense also throws me for a loop.
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What losing my mom taught me about the Cross
A Good Friday meditation from James Martin, S.J.
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A Catholic revival at Indiana University
As tremendous as the football team’s success has been for Indiana University, the significant growth we are experiencing is cause for even greater celebration. And the growth we are experiencing at I.U. is happening at Catholic universities all over the country.
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As a survivor of sexual abuse, I understand why César Chávez’s victims stayed silent
I understand Dolores Huerta wanting to protect the accomplishments and legacy of the United Farm Workers because in my small way, I was protecting my parents unto death.
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Jesus’ outstretched hands on the Cross: an embrace—and a challenge
Jesus’ outstretched hands on the cross continue to inspire the compassionate embrace of others by his followers, although the endurance of that inspiration is being tested by some obstacles in today’s world.
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Lessons on suffering from the outdoor Stations of the Cross
For the first time, I was drawn to the Stations not as a meditation on Jesus’ suffering but as a place to lay my own burden down.
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This Lent, I’m focusing on spiritual conditioning
Can I keep going, push farther, give more?
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This Lent, I’m fasting from being an online spectator
It is not simply an act of “fasting from the digital world,” but a deliberate effort toward taking action. If I turn off my phone but never reincorporate myself into the lived world, I will have missed the point.