Does grace come violently? That is not my story, except the part where my grandmother is dead and took every story with her. As I write, someone says a squeaky...
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How quickly we’ve forgotten the early days of the COVID pandemic: the fear, the rising death toll, the uncertainty, the international lockdown, the suffocating...
“Mama, what’s an empire?” asked my 3-year-old son from the backseat while driving home from Mass. Where had he heard about empires? I wondered. And how was I...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts This Easter—2026—multiple Catholic parishes across the nation saw a surge in adult baptisms and new converts...
Almost from its beginnings, the U.S. movie industry has been associated with liberal politics. In the 1930s, most of Hollywood’s actors actively supported...
My father’s tremendous affection for human beings did not extend to humanity’s capitalist messaging, and television commercials especially provoked his scorn...
I’ll never forget the second grader who, while preparing for first communion, asked me, “Does communion come from heaven?” Midway through my rambling and...
Jordan Wood did not think he had shared his views on hell that widely. An academic and Catholic convert, he had appeared on some podcasts and participated in a...
Readings (Year A): Exodus 34:4b–6, 8–9Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 562 Corinthians 13:11–13John 3:16–18 Reflection: We are made in the image of the Trinity—and...
When an addiction recovery sponsor told journalist, playwright, and screenwriter Julia Cameron that her sobriety depended on returning to the practices and...
