No matter how a mother loses a child, the mourning must feel like an abyss. Mary’s child is every child who has died too soon.
Grief
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Podcast: Feeling sad at Christmastime
This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley talk feeling sad at Christmastime; plus, Pope Leo’s first international trip.
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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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RIP Edward A. Reese, S.J.: My brother, a fellow Jesuit and a champion of poor and minority students
Eddie used to refer to me as the “famous Father Reese” because I was often quoted in the media, but in San Jose, Phoenix and San Francisco he was known to thousands of people as a giant in Jesuit education and a friend.
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I was lost after my friend’s death. With St. Augustine’s help, God found me.
After a reckless driver took the life of my friend Peyton, I stopped praying altogether—not out of anger, but because I had lost my voice.
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
Catalog of Cures in Ordinary Time
Like little sunsets, like a song
of ascents, I wish to remember my father.
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Pope Francis tells grieving parents: It’s OK to ask ‘Why, Lord?’
In a speech read by an aide, Pope Francis told a group of grieving parents that the best response to grief is “to imitate the emotion and compassion of Jesus in the face of pain.”
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What I say when people ask: How many children do you have?
Answering the question of how many kids feels impossible.
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How Hallmark Christmas movies help me process grief
Hallmark movies are inherently a part of the Christmas season and remind viewers over and over that it’s possible to find love after grief.
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Luke Russert on losing his father, quitting journalism and traveling the world
This week on Jesuitical, we’re joined by Luke Russert, the son of legendary “Meet the Press” host Tim Russert and the author of the new memoir “Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself.”