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2012-04-09T12:38:01-05:00

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I Just Caught Myself

Last updated on: April 9, 2012 at 12:38 pm By Kathryn Jean Lopez

Telling someone I hope they had a happy Easter. As if it is past tense already. One day down. But 49 official days to go! Not to mention every day of our lives, assuming we live more than 49 days! Read more

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2012-04-09T12:30:06-05:00

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A Pregnant Sacrifice

Last updated on: April 9, 2012 at 12:30 pm By Kathryn Jean Lopez

A pregnant Mary Rose Somarriba writes a reflection on Lent, Easter and the “congratulations” she has been getting lately: To overlook the trials is to miss the full picture—indeed the very richness and beauty of that new life. We are myopic if we celebrate the joys of Easter while overlooking the tragedy of Good Friday. So too are we missing the full picture if we downplay the hardships of life in celebrating its joys. You can’t have the sweet without... Read more

2012-04-09T11:44:04-05:00

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Cardinal Dolan Takes to the Sunday Show Pulpit, Preaching the Message of True Freedom

Last updated on: April 9, 2012 at 11:44 am By Kathryn Jean Lopez

I’m forever uncomfortable with the concept of the Sunday morning political talk shows. As someone both naturally inclined to and professionally obligated to watch such shows, I have always wanted them to be Saturday morning shows. I would watch Firing Line then back in the day and I would happily watch these news chat shows on a similar schedule. A quick story that added to my discomfort: A few months back, David Gregory interviewed Michele Bachmann after she won the... Read more

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2012-04-09T12:42:01-05:00

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Easter Monday Morning

Last updated on: April 9, 2012 at 12:42 pm By Kathryn Jean Lopez

There was sunlight this morning sneaking in through the cracks in a curtain as I made coffee. They appeared as if a kiss from a Creator , sending his children off onto another day. Another Monday, another second cup of coffee. This one is different, though. Of course. Of course? We’ve walked the road to Calvary. We’ve celebrated the Resurrection. But have we given ourselves over to transformation in Christ? (There’s something appropriate about the power lines there, too. And... Read more

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Easter Monday

2012-04-09T13:16:35-05:00

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Happy Easter!

Last updated on: April 9, 2012 at 1:16 pm By Kathryn Jean Lopez

Glorious night! Transformative night! Exult, let them exult, the hosts of heaven, exult, the Angel ministers of God exult, let the trumpet of salvation sound our mighty King’s triumph! Be glad, let earth be glad, as glory floods her, ablaze with light from her eternal King, let all corners of the earth be glad, knowing an end to gloom and darkness. Rejoice, let Mother Church also rejoice, arrayed with the lightning of his glory, let this holy building shake with... Read more

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2012-04-07T14:02:53-05:00

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True Confessions

Last updated on: April 7, 2012 at 2:02 pm By Kathryn Jean Lopez

From a veteran priest in a Washington Post piece today on Reconciliation: “I’ve been hearing confessions for 36 years, and I haven’t been surprised for 35 years,” he says. Through experience, he has learned that “I have a lot of stress” could mean a man cursed at a stranger or cheated on his wife. It is a reminder that there is no sin too big or too small to confess. God wants to give you His mercy. It is the... Read more

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2012-04-07T12:15:19-05:00

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Venerate the Cross with Your Life

Last updated on: April 7, 2012 at 12:15 pm By Kathryn Jean Lopez

Do you ever have one of those days you wish you could bottle? Yesterday was one of those days for me. But I couldn’t bottle it. And I put in a request but there was no extension. Those requests for 25-hour days and 35-day months just never do seem to get granted. The takeaway message was the message of the day, the message of Good Friday: Venerate the Cross with your life. Maybe you focused on the Cross yesterday. Maybe... Read more

2012-04-07T12:09:09-05:00

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Why on Earth Would We Call Yesterday ‘Good’?

Last updated on: April 7, 2012 at 12:09 pm By Kathryn Jean Lopez

Cardinal Dolan at my home cathedral yesterday. Read more

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2012-04-07T12:30:37-05:00

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Divinely Awesome

Last updated on: April 7, 2012 at 12:30 pm By Kathryn Jean Lopez

Describing a student studying St. Thomas on the existence of God, a priest said to me this morning: Once we have awe, we can make some real progress. And did this priest ever exude awe for the Savior He has given his earthly life to! And with a clarity only God provides. He faces his life with joy, even as he faces cancer, as he relies on His Creator for his real strength. Looking forward to hearing “It is finished” from... Read more

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2012-12-28T12:36:56-05:00

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Herod Lives — on Twitter

Last updated on: December 28, 2012 at 12:36 pm By Kathryn Jean Lopez

Twitter is a funny thing I still haven’t figured out how to use well. In one sense it could be considered an example of some of the worst of the modern age, encouraging the attention-deficit-disorder lifestyles of the era. But it presents this opportunity to catch people in a moment. They’re in a cab or on an elevator and a 140-character tweet can grab them, draw them in for one reason or another. Maybe that’s delusional. I think that, sometimes... Read more

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