
Opening Our Ears to Our Lady
Stretching from all saints’ day to the commencement of the Christmas season, this time of year brings a plethora of inspiration to our lives, even spilling over a bit in its excess like a Thanksgiving cornucopia.
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Stretching from all saints’ day to the commencement of the Christmas season, this time of year brings a plethora of inspiration to our lives, even spilling over a bit in its excess like a Thanksgiving cornucopia.

“Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America,” Senator John Lewis famously said.

Of the many beautiful places I have traveled, my favorite city is Assisi.

How do you celebrate Jesus’ birth when you are being dragged down by the reality of death and suffering?

There is something healing, even freeing, about resting in the grace and beauty of the natural world. Where do you find peace in the world around you?

As we Catholics believe in the redemption of all things, we can imagine other animals and creatures present in God’s kingdom as well.

My adult nephew recently asked me: “How do I know that the Bible is the Word of God and not simply a collection of human writings? How do I know that the people who decided what belongs in the Bible didn’t simply include what they wanted?”

We all have been made in the image of a creative God, and we mirror that divine creativity in millions of ways. Let’s pray today to find creative expressions to nourish our souls.

My mind goes to this quote from Pope Francis: “Let us learn to keep silence before him, as we meditate upon the Gospel. If we are to know the

I have trouble dealing with the concept of God accepting pain or illness as payment for some kind of wrongdoing. Jesus did it, but he is God. Is my friend correct? Am I?