The Lenten letters I sent to my lapsed, dying father changed how I thought about coming to faith.
Death and Dying
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Everyone we love will be forgotten. The communion of saints is our reason for hope.
We have to look for places where grace works through forgetfulness. And remember that God knows each one of us.
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Faith leaders who died in 2025: Pope Francis, theologians and activists
Figures from the realms of politics to sports, from presiding over the Vatican to Temple Square, are among those who died in 2025 and will be remembered for shaping the world of faith.
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Amid countless national tragedies, how can God help us grieve at home?
Our country is mourning for countless tragedies and violent deaths. While public expressions of grief are on full display, home is where we do most of our grieving, praying and processing.
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How do you know if you’ve had a mystical experience?
One of the dangers of talking about mysticism is that people can feel sad or left out if they feel that they have not been gifted with such an experience of the divine.
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Duchess of Kent, a royal who chose faith and service, dies at 92
The duchess was received into the Catholic faith by Cardinal Basil Hume in 1994 in a private ceremony at Westminster Cathedral.
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The funeral spirituality of New Orleans
The first jazz funeral I saw was in November of 1973. I had never seen such a beautiful event.
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In memory of a smile and a friendship that cured a whole town
A Reflection for Saturday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Zac Davis
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Remembering Roger Haight: generous teacher, humble Jesuit and incomparable friend
Well before “public theology” became a watchword, he had set about rethinking the language of faith in the contemporary world—all with typical understatement and modesty.
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The Sacred Gift of Summer Camp on Texas’s Guadalupe River
Over 20 years ago, I was a college student who didn’t want to return to an unstable home. So instead, I found a job as a lifeguard at a Christian summer camp in the Texas Hill Country.