Growing up in Nigeria, my two brothers and I often sat around our mother and listened to her tell us stories. My mother was an enthusiastic storyteller. One...
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Signs of Life Neil Gaiman & the FourPlay String Quartet (Instrumental Recordings, 2023) Beloved author, graphic novelist, and screenwriter Neil Gaiman adds...
It is around noon on the Camino when we stop at a trailside café for lunch. There is an open table underneath a canopy where we set down our backpacks. Someone...
The associations many Catholics have with baptism are warm, familial ones. Parents, grandparents, and new godparents gather around with other relatives...
Cristo predicó poner la otra mejilla, haciendo el bien a los que nos persiguen, y amar a nuestros enemigos. En el Sermón de la Montaña, nos recordó que los...
Five of my nine pregnancies were the result of trying to use NFP (natural family planning) with a man who became drunk and abusive towards me and the children...
Readings (Year A): 1 Kings 3:5, 7 – 12Psalms 119:57, 72, 76 – 77, 127 – 128, 129 – 130Romans 8:28 – 30Matthew 13:44 – 52...
Catholic tradition likes the number seven. There are seven deadly sins, seven seals in the Book of Revelation, seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, seven days of...
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret Directed by Kelly Fremon Craig (Gracie Films, 2023) Coming-of-age films are usually about men. There are more heroes than...
In my first few years teaching, as we read Aristotle’s view on friendship, I would ask my students to imagine how the Greek philosopher would evaluate the...
