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December 2013

December 18, 2013

Hearts Swelled with Hope

A good Advent image -- especially when trying to make sense of what the so-called...

December 17, 2013

Does This Sound Like a ‘Moderate’ to You?

Certainly not on the Gospel. I've been listening to people describe Washington's Cardinal Donald Wuerl...

December 14, 2013

This Beautiful Book: Loving with the Eyes of God the Father, Creator of the World — and You!

Earlier this fall, I interviewed Emily Stimpson about her wonderful book, These Beautiful Bones: An...

December 14, 2013

Peace with the Lamb — Even in Newtown

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us....

December 14, 2013

My Every Act Is Love

Maybe St. John of the Cross can better explain what Pope Francis is up to:...

December 12, 2013

It’s in the Lady’s Eyes

Look at the eyes of Our Lady of Guadalupe. They’re soft and tender. They are...

December 11, 2013

Resetting the Conversation on The Gospel of Joy

There has been a tremendous amount of commentary surrounding The Gospel of Joy, Pope Francis’s...

December 10, 2013

Nourishing the Gift of Faith

Even as we buy Christmas gifts, the light of faith, the reason for the season,...

December 09, 2013

What Do We Have in Common with John the Baptist?

From a homily: The truth is that the Lord knows every one of us that...

December 09, 2013

The Pope of Time Magazine?

This is a contender for Correction of the Year: In its Person of the Year online...

December 02, 2013

Got Pope Francis’s Back Here?

Here's a timely quote I just came across while moving piles on my desk, from...

November 2013

November 30, 2013

Divine Prioritization: If God gave you a to-do list, would you follow it?

Teresa Tomeo is a former Detroit news anchor and currently a radio talk-show host. She...

November 29, 2013

Reading ‘The Gospel of Joy’

So let’s try this again. How many of us who have commented on “The Gospel...

November 29, 2013

There’s that Holy Father Francis Walking Us Through a More Discerning Life Again

In his homily Friday morning Pope Francis said: the spirit of the world does not...

November 26, 2013

The Tuesday Before Thanksgiving

has been an Evangelical Catholicism kinda day.

November 26, 2013

Our Exhortation from Rome

Encounter with person of Christ lifts up the human person, it illuminates his dignity and...

November 14, 2013

Social Media at Its Best

About two weeks ago now, I found myself unexpectedly in tears. I hadn’t quite realized,...

November 14, 2013

In Gratitude for Catholic Leadership

Over on National Review Online, I comment a little on the election of a new...

November 12, 2013

Amazon Chips Away at Civilization?

Feeling overwhelmed? Can’t find up from down? Working to pay your taxes, tuition, with no...

November 01, 2013

Will We Be Among All Saints?

I’m not the only one humming “For All The Saints” today. Msgr. Charles Pope blogs...

October 2013

October 19, 2013

Violence in the Bible and the Struggle of Our Lives

“Some forms of evil are so profound that they have to be hacked to pieces,”...

October 18, 2013

Experience the Loving Presence of Jesus in Your Life

Pope Francis delivered his first address in English Friday. Listen here. It is quite moving...

October 18, 2013

Praying on the Hill

Dominican Father Andrew Hofer opened the House one day this week (while we were still...

October 17, 2013

They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Tweets?

Mercy and sacrifice. Prayer. Trust. How do we trust? Go to God. Let the Holy...

October 15, 2013

D.C.-Area Catholic Alert

Do you want to be a more effective Catholic communicator? At home, at work, at...

October 06, 2013

Blessed Rolando!

In his Angelus address Sunday, Pope Francis mentioned a Italian young man who has been...

October 04, 2013

Don’t Misunderstand St. Francis

Pope Francis Friday morning in Assisi on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi touched...

October 03, 2013

The Nuns Who Topped Billboard

What do Fifty Shades of Grey, Downton Abbey, Andrea Bocelli, have in common with Benedictine...

October 01, 2013

My Brothers, the Saints

Colleen Carroll Campbell wrote a beautiful book called My Sisters, the Saints (we talk about...

September 2013

September 24, 2013

Living and Communicating the Good Catholic Life: Scot Landry Talks Catholic Voices USA

Who are we? If we’re Catholic, our faith should mean something in what we do, what...