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May 2010

May 28, 2010

Because God Makes Me Secure

I "met" Ricky Jones earlier this week after he responded to a guest post on...

May 24, 2010

It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing (Music for Mondays)

Tis is the season of school music concerts. Our oldest son, an eighth grader, loves...

May 23, 2010

Because the Church is Universal

Guest post by Meredith Cummings“And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began...

May 22, 2010

Because the Mass is the Mass

The beloved Carmelite Chapel at our local mall is undergoing a makeover after 50 years...

May 20, 2010

Because I Worry

Ever wake up in the middle of the night with the conviction that anything that...

May 18, 2010

Because We Need To Let Go With Compassion

Allison writes: Meredith and I met in Raleigh, North Carolina, when Greg and I were...

May 15, 2010

Because We Need To Lose the Training Wheels

A visiting priest offered an interesting metaphor during his homily for the Feast of the...

May 13, 2010

Because the Quality of Friendship is Just Different

We learn by contrasts, brass beside gold. Two years along, I am still learning what...

May 13, 2010

Because We Might Be Entertaining Angels

Yesterday, I had a conversation with a schoolmate of our fifth grader, a conversation that...

May 12, 2010

“Praise” (A Few Words for Wednesday)

I searched all evening for a poem with which to celebrate the Ascension. I found...

May 11, 2010

Because St. Francis de Sales Can Help Me Do Laundry

This is not our laundry room. Our most unlovely laundry room is in our cellar.Of...

May 10, 2010

Thanks to Our Lady (Music for Mondays)

This post is by Allison Salerno.I'd guess that Mary, the poor unmarried Jewish teenager who...

May 08, 2010

Because Here in Nashville, God Is With Us in Our Deepest Need

Guest post by Julie Cragon Nashville has pulled together as a family. This is due, in...

May 07, 2010

To Redeem My Past

If Catholicism were only about getting into heaven, then it would be only about the...

May 07, 2010

Because We Need to Count Our Days

Whenever I take our younger son to the barber shop, I'm reminded of time's passage and...

May 06, 2010

Because I Can Always Go to Mass

Drink too much last night? You can go to Mass this morning. Argue stupidly with...

May 05, 2010

Because We Must Love One Another

At the end of our lives, what will matter? Spanish mystic and Doctor of the...

May 05, 2010

“The Habit of Perfection” (A Few Words for Wednesday)

Twice in the past week I said or wrote something deeply embarrassing—hurtful words about someone...

May 03, 2010

It’s Only Rock and Roll II (Music for Mondays)

Happy Monday people! It's raining in my neck of the woods, how about yours? I've...

May 02, 2010

Because of May Crownings

We Catholics dedicate the month of May to Mary, who is the Queen of Heaven...

May 01, 2010

For All That is Seen and Unseen

I adore swimming in the ocean but I'm not fond of the beaches I must...

May 01, 2010

For All the Saints: Joseph the Worker

Writing is not physically demanding, but try doing it every day for three or four...

April 2010

April 30, 2010

Because of First Communions

Over the course of three Saturday mornings this spring, nearly 250 second graders at Saint...

April 29, 2010

To See the Face of Christ

As our sons enter their teenage years, the challenge of imbuing them with Catholic Christian...

April 28, 2010

“Death Be Not Proud” (A Few Words for Wednesday)

I interviewed a devoutly Catholic man yesterday for non-Catholic reasons. He told me that for...

April 27, 2010

To Pray for Vocations

In 1964, Pope Paul VI launched the World Day of Prayer for Vocations with this...

April 26, 2010

To Learn How to be Merciful

When someone wrongs me, it's easy to be right. Being merciful, however, is hard and...

April 26, 2010

Thanks to Arvo Pärt (Music for Monday)

The beautiful thing about Catholic life, if you love it, is that everything streams into...

April 26, 2010

For All the Saints: Popes Cletus and Marcellinus

Two Popes of the early Church sit on opposite corners of the portico ceiling of...

April 25, 2010

For the Joys of Prayerful Silence

Guest Post by Warren JewellThe general quiet and often hushed silence of my solitude is...