“It just doesn’t feel like a holiday without pasta,” my mother-in-law told us as she set a steaming bowl of tortellini onto the table in preparation for...
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Maybe you haven’t noticed him. Essentially a means to someone else’s ends, Mr. Potter’s anonymous manservant in Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life has a...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Catholics are accustomed to thinking of the term apostle as referring exclusively to men: the Twelve who...
A quick survey of headlines offers any number of reasons not to be cheerful this Christmas: A president and a White House deputy who appear to not like America...
Chapters 37 and 38 in Genesis offer us back-to-back stories of people deceiving others but with an unexpected twist: One deceiver is praised and the other is...
Do you ever feel like you’re “accomplishing Christmas” rather than savoring Christmas? Ironically, in this season designed to celebrate and enjoy God-with-us...
Readings (Year A): Isaiah 7:10 – 14Romans 1:1 – 7Psalm 24:1 – 2, 3 – 4, 5 – 6Matthew 1:18 – 24 Reflection: God has become...
About two-thirds of the way through Wake Up Dead Man—the exhilarating third installment in Rian Johnson’s Knives Out series starring Daniel Craig as gentleman...
Forward The Swell Season (Masterkey Sounds, 2025) It’s been close to 20 years since the release of Once, the Irish drama/musical about two struggling musicians...
