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2025-11-29T20:59:33-05:00

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What We Should See, and What We Should Be Doing

Last updated on: November 29, 2025 at 8:59 pm By Sherry Antonetti

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Perhaps no modern story tells the reality of what a soul should see, what a soul should know, better than Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol.” Not seeing any other as anything other than an other, that is the sin of the age, of most ages actually. We don’t see the injury done by our words or our silence. It’s not enough to be not racist, we must be actively aware of, and against racism. Being neutral is not a virtue in... Read more

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2025-11-25T18:50:41-05:00

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Community and Joy, as Necessary as Salt and Light

Last updated on: November 25, 2025 at 6:50 pm By Sherry Antonetti

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When people talk about celebrating Thanksgiving, they talk about who is coming or who came to dinner as much as they recall the memories of certain foods. Baba’s pear salad, Mom’s chestnut stuffing dressing, Dad’s gravy, Aunt so and so’s pie….we connect with people and the food and the stories that accompanied them like so many side dishes. “Do you remember when Dad caught the pan out of the oven with his bare hand?” “Do you remember when we burnt... Read more

Education and Religion

2025-11-23T21:58:59-05:00

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Over at the Standard and at Home…

Last updated on: November 23, 2025 at 9:58 pm By Sherry Antonetti

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So I had a piece published Friday at the Catholic Standard: The Heart of Thanksgiving. Going to mass today, I felt the presence of Heaven, of family, of friends I miss. It made me consider the question, who are your friends in Heaven? A colleague at work asked me about praying to the saints, not understanding why we would petition people who are deceased. As Catholics, we know that the saints pray with us and for us, and that their... Read more

2025-11-19T17:27:26-05:00

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What Ails Me about AI

Last updated on: November 19, 2025 at 5:27 pm By Sherry Antonetti

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In this day and age, when students google and copy whatever AI tells them from the prompt they put in, getting students to attempt their own thoughts becomes harder than ever. Creating a common sense of reference, likewise proves difficult. Teaching high schoolers about story structure, I cannot rely on them to know associations that even ten years ago, would have been common place. They do not know Phineas and Ferb or Shrek or even The Avengers Endgame. They’ve not... Read more

Technology and Religion

2025-11-18T04:27:50-05:00

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The Only Hours

Last updated on: November 18, 2025 at 4:27 am By Sherry Antonetti

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It’s four o’clock in the morning. I should be sleeping. My thoughts falling down the rabbit hole that only insomnia can bring, including a chiding that was echoed by one of my children. “You need to find ballance.” I’ve always been emotionally clumsy. Doing everything with all I have means obsessive type passion until the new shiny thing comes along. Transitioning from part to full time teacher, made me a part time writer, part time mother, part time praying, part... Read more

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2025-11-09T17:56:00-05:00

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Loving Beyond What You Knew You Could

Last updated on: November 9, 2025 at 5:56 pm By Sherry Antonetti

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All of life is preparation for the final four things: death, judgement, heaven or hell. The other day, I heard on the radio, the discussion of the Church militant (here), the Church suffering (in purgatory) and the Church triumphant, (in heaven). In November, we should be spending energy and time and devotion on the Church suffering. Consider how hard life here can be at moments –when a heart is broken, when you get bad news, when you mess up at... Read more

Family, Parenting and Religion

2025-10-15T22:16:17-04:00

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Layers

Last updated on: October 15, 2025 at 10:16 pm By Sherry Antonetti

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We all have songs we love, that convey with them a whole host of memory. For me, it is anything by the Eagles. Our next door neighbors babysat us in the seventies and would play the records for us. I thought the album cover of “One of These Nights, ” spooky. However, the band followed me to camp where the counselors would often sing a cappella, some of the lyrics from their latest album. The soundtrack of our summers at... Read more

2025-10-03T11:54:06-04:00

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The Ongoing Miracle that is

Last updated on: October 3, 2025 at 11:54 am By Sherry Antonetti

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So I have a piece over at the Catholic Standard this week from the experience of my son’s first cross country race of the season. He ran his second today. This evening, he signed a card for his sister for her birthday. As I looked at his note, I could make out, “Happy Birthday,” and “I love you.” and I knew she would treasure his thoughts. But it’s not all roses and tear jerking moments. He stays up to three... Read more

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2025-09-24T21:19:19-04:00

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Things We Say to Delay God

Last updated on: September 24, 2025 at 9:19 pm By Sherry Antonetti

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“Not now. Too busy. I’m tired. Tomorrow.” These are the words we say when we don’t want to respond to God’s call. We hop on a boat and hope God doesn’t follow. God doesn’t mind waiting, but He gives us opportunities, loads of opportunities to respond to His invitation. So yesterday, I found myself at our local Catholic church, waiting for confession. While sitting, I ran into two friends. My own concerns involved my recent struggle with prayer life, the... Read more

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2025-09-14T11:52:03-04:00

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The Silent “I’m Sorry” and the Needed, “I Forgive You.”

Last updated on: September 14, 2025 at 11:52 am By Sherry Antonetti

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Sitting in the pew during mass, weeping over hurts that bubble up, I found myself staring into the eyes of Jesus on the Cross. My list of whys seems endless, because I’m tired, because I’m grieving, because I’m stressed, because I’m worried, because I miss my children, because miss having all of them in the house and in the pew. My brain flashes back as I spy a larger family with children crawling, climbing over, and switching seats. It’s almost... Read more

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