August 17, 2023

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Wild and Invasive

August 17, 2023
Reflect Consider the ways that plants grow on farms, in gardens, next to sidewalks, or deep in the woods. From giant trees to tiny houseplants, each plant is a neighbor that reveals the goodness of God. Pray God of all ...
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God’s Word Is Everything

August 17, 2023
As with Holy Scripture, in reading the mystics I feel that God is somehow there in the words.
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Baltimore City Police collected more than 300 guns during a gun buyback and resource event Aug. 5, 2023, at the Edmondson Village Shopping Center in West Baltimore. (OSV News Photo/Kevin J. Parks, Catholic Review)

Baltimore Archdiocese’s gun buyback effort takes 362 firearms off streets

August 17, 2023
Father Michael Murphy, pastor of St. Joseph's Monastery in Baltimore's Irvington neighborhood, is not sure how much of a dent an Aug. 5 gun buyback effort will make in the deadly violence that plagues cities such as Baltimore.
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Notes from a Friar: The Mysterious Workings of Grace

August 17, 2023
It is not a matter of “carrying God inside us.” It’s better to say that we are filled with God’s presence within us—along with our weaknesses and imperfections.
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