“Why are people so mean?” asked my friend’s first grader last summer as we tried to explain what happened to George Floyd. As my friend’s children learned the...
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A researcher by training, I immediately ordered a short stack of books when I found out I was pregnant with my first child. For eight months, Heidi Murkoff’s...
Poco más de un año después de su papado, el Papa Francisco parece estar hablando más fuerte sobre la injusticia económica, denunciando alternativamente la...
As COVID-19 cases rose rapidly in March 2020, dioceses around the United States responded by closing church doors to keep their communities safe. For many...
Readings (Year B): Jeremiah 23:1–6Psalm 23:1–6Ephesians 2:13–18Mark 6:30–34 Reflection: Whatever God wants Today’s responsorial psalm and gospel intrigue me...
Our Lady of Częstochowa is striking in many ways, but the scars on her right cheek make her truly unique. They are battle scars that the Black Madonna suffered...
Evermore Taylor Swift (Republic Records, 2020) I did not want to write this review. The reason is simple: Other than her work ethic and productivity, I have...
Some things don’t really matter. Others are essential to growth and happiness. The key to life may be in how well we’re able to discern which elements belong...
My husband and I married on a Saturday at the end of April, early in the Easter season and on the weekend dedicated to Divine Mercy. Connecticut was in full...
Readings (Year B): Amos 7:12–15Psalm 85:9–14Ephesians 1:3–14Mark 6:7–13 Reflection: Blessed with a purpose When a friend told me she was discerning her...
