
Finding Joy in Something New
Reflect Change often arrives unannounced, without asking our permission. We brace ourselves for loss before we look for possibility. Yet sometimes joy slips in through
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Reflect Change often arrives unannounced, without asking our permission. We brace ourselves for loss before we look for possibility. Yet sometimes joy slips in through

Solidarity means we are all in this together, and none of us can say, “Your end of the Titanic is sinking.”

Reflect Have you ever reflected on the reality that we are in a spiritual combat that puts our very souls at stake? Better yet, that the

At what point during Mass is it too late for someone to arrive and have it “count”? Some people come a few minutes late and others very late. I think this is wrong.

We cannot rewrite history—though it is our duty to learn from it. And there is a legacy for us to fall back on.

Reflect I grew up singing, “Just a closer walk with Thee, grant it Jesus is my plea, Daily walking close to Thee, Let it be dear Lord,

My wife and I are in our early 70s and each of us has quite a few medical problems. If we stopped taking all our medications and stopped going to our many doctors, we would shorten our lives. Would the Catholic Church consider this suicide?

All mystics wonder what is happening to them when the Holy Spirit asks them to believe the seemingly impossible notion that God wants to enter their lives.

Reflect “Can we talk this weekend?” texted my long-distance friend. After the recent death of her cousin, it had become important that she stay in

When did the Roman Catholic Church begin to require celibacy before a man could be ordained a priest? Why? Doesn’t this suggest that marriage is inferior to celibacy?