“Tenderness is something greater than the logic of the world. It is an unexpected way of doing justice,” Pope Francis said in his general audience on Jan. 19.
Spirituality
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You will never regret going to the funeral
No one wants to be at a funeral. It means that a loss has occurred, hearts broken. But there are few other instances in which doing something we dread so deeply can mean so much.
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Pope Francis on Epiphany: Don’t get stuck in a spiritual parking lot. Faith is always moving forward.
“Sometimes we live in a spirit of a ‘parking lot’; we stay parked, without the impulse of desire that carries us forward. We do well to ask: where are we on our journey of faith?”
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I’m a Jesuit and I am not an alcoholic. But I go to 12-step meetings.
My dad was and is an alcoholic. Al-Anon gives me a framework for naming my situation, taking responsibility for my actions and making changes so that I can live a (more) emotionally sober life.
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Sarcasm is rarely ever just teasing. More often than not, it hurts.
Can we ultimately trust the smirking ones in our midst, the sarcastic with a clever quip for our every move, for each vulnerable moment?
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Resolving to pray more in the New Year? Here are 5 tips for following through.
A hint from Father James Martin: Start with just 15 minutes a day.
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We need new ways of telling Jesus’ birth story to our children—and to ourselves
I wanted children to hear the story of the nativity through the eyes of a child, not the experience of an adult. And so the character of Leah began to take flight in my imagination; I wanted my young readers to see the first Christmas through her eyes.
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I worked at an Amazon warehouse. It taught me about Christmas and being alone.
I was one of thousands of disconnected people working in the background, in order to deliver packages that are supposed to make us feel somehow more connected.
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Joe Biden’s Oval Office ‘Hagar the Horrible’ cartoon is filled with Catholic hope and expectation
President Joe Biden installed a new touch of his own to the White House: a framed copy of a “Hagar the Horrible” cartoon. In it, Hagar yells to the sky, “Why me?” to which God replies, “Why not?”
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Lidia Bastianich on why Jesus was always eating and drinking
A conversation with legendary chef and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich.