As America celebrates her birthday and hard-won independence today, let us reflect a little on the word ‘freedom.’ The Fourth of July this year is an odd one for the history books: no live fireworks, large picnic gatherings, or even concerts. For months now, most of us have lost the freedom to come and go
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Food. Practically every event or celebration I can think of revolves around it. Even when there is no celebrating, we still need it. Our earthly life depends on it. We cannot get very far in this life without it. Our spiritual life needs food too. The spiritual food that nourishes our soul is found
A story about an ordinary Irish Catholic young woman named Clare Crockett really caught my attention the other day. Clare was an aspiring actress who grew up at a time of division and violence in Ireland. She was worldly and wanted to achieve success making movies. By her own account, she did not want to
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Lent had always been the one season in the Church year that I looked forward to with much anticipation … accompanying Jesus in His Passion, Death, and rising with Him in His glorious Resurrection on Easter morning. This Lent, I was also excited to welcome a new goddaughter at the Easter vigil. Then the pandemic
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Jesus loves you! Yes, YOU! After enduring weeks of pandemic-induced emotional upheaval, fear and uncertainty, imagine being greeted with that simple message of His love. That’s exactly what I got today. From a chance encounter with a random stranger. Let’s be honest here. These many weeks of isolation and stay-home orders have not been
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Today while I was in the grocery store standing in line at the checkout lane six feet apart from everyone else, the customer ahead scolded at me because my shopping cart was slightly beyond the yellow tape on the floor as I was getting “too close to her space.” My shopping cart was no more
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