Commentary

Remembering who they were

During this time of social distancing, as we wear masks and stay away from people we love, it’s important to remember that we are doing this because life matters. Because love matters.
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Ask St. Rita for help with an impossible situation

St. Rita is patron of several things, including parenthood and marriage difficulties, but what she’s best known for—and perhaps most needed for today—is impossible causes.
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“Do my llama slippers need an Instagram account?” and other pandemic questions

I started thinking about unexpected questions that only seem to come up when you’ve been living under stay-at-home orders for weeks on end.
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Strange wording in ‘Hail, Holy Queen’/ Who created COVID-19?

Father Doyle fields questions about the "strange wording" in the "Hail, Holy Queen" prayer and who created COVID-19.
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A bittersweet moment for the Class of 2020

Heartbreaking as this experience is for the Class of 2020—and it is—I also find the Class of 2020 intriguing and inspiring.
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Touchpoints with a saint’s life

As we mark the centenary of the birth of Karol Wojtyla, who became St. John Paul II, it caused me to reflect on moments of my life that intersected with the man who was pope for a great chunk of my life and career in Catholic journalism.
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Belief and life

We do not live in a morally neutral universe. Good and evil, life and death, do contend with each other.
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An inward pilgrimage with Mary

May we indeed persevere, in this and in every time of trial, so that one day we may reign with Christ in the presence of Mary Our Queen.
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Discipleship – There’s an app for that!

Rather than connecting some pop culture offering of this moment, I want to promote The Chosen because I want to promote Jesus and discipleship.
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The one who loved us first

God is love. He loved us first – and loves us forever. He knows us best, seeing deep within us to all we are and all we can be. He sees us and loves us fully. He holds us – and the past, present and future – in his hands.
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