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November 2021

November 05, 2021

Dark Devotional: Can We Live on Bread Alone?

The first reading this Sunday is the story of the woman who shared her last...

May 2021

May 07, 2021

Dark Devotional: Where is the Good?

Last week, Mary wrote about how the USCCB lobbied behind the scenes to prevent the...

February 2021

February 12, 2021

Dark Devotional: A Call to Change

We do one thing or another; we stay the same or we change. Congratulations,...

July 2019

July 02, 2019

Dark Devotional: Let the Dead Bury Their Dead

We don't like to admit it, but the demands of love are changeable. Different situations and different...

April 2019

April 19, 2019

Dark Devotional: Easter Thoughts from the Outside In

As a kid, I spent a lot of time inside museums. My sisters and...

January 2019

January 20, 2019

The Small Revolution of Mary Oliver’s Poetry

Sometime in 2016, a profusion of quotations by Mary Oliver flitted across my Facebook...

January 06, 2019

Dark Devotional: Epiphany

January always makes me think of stars. It begins with an artificial star - the...

July 2018

July 18, 2018

Sick Pilgrim Goes to the Movies: Kiki’s Delivery Service

If you happen to visit our house sometime and find yourself invited down to our...

June 2018

June 28, 2018

Little House in the 21st Century

This week, the American Library Association announced that it would be removing Laura Ingalls...

June 22, 2018

Dark Devotional: Prayers for the Faithful

Art by the devout and confiscated Brian Jocks. O God, who raised up Saint...

June 04, 2018

Things Keeping Us Alive – May 2018, Marian Edition

It’s June! The grass is green, the robins are feeding their babies in the nest...

May 2018

May 14, 2018

When NFP Doesn’t Work: A Conclusion to Our ‘You Are Not Alone’ Series

I've been reluctant to write an essay like this. I wanted to let the...

March 2018

March 27, 2018

Things Keeping Us Alive, March 2018

Time marches on, and our job is to keep up with it. So if you're...

October 2017

October 24, 2017

Things Keeping the Undead Alive, October 2017

"Boys and girls of every age Wouldn't you like to see something strange?" That question...

September 2017

September 19, 2017

Songs as Sanctuary: Maren Grossman on Lady Gaga

Pope Francis has spoken of “credible witness,” the kind of witness that makes Christianity seem...

August 2017

August 31, 2017

Things Keeping Us Alive, August ’17

There are only faint traces of Hurricane Harvey outside my window: Repetitive rainfall. Darkness uncommon...

May 2017

May 18, 2017

Things Keeping Us Alive, May ’17

Sometimes April showers don't bring May flowers. Sometimes the thing keeping you alive last month gets taken...

November 2016

November 28, 2016

Looking for the Feast

Our family had an unusual Thanksgiving this year. Burnt out from a busy autumn, and...