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One note at a time

August 15, 2020 · Filed Under: faith, Uncategorized · Tagged With: liturgical calendar, news, politics, saints, singing

Mary

Yesterday morning I realized I was cracking up. Out running I reached the point of drenched detachment at which I could look at the last few weeks, and it wasn’t pretty. The weight of everything –  political vitriol, conspiracy theories, denial of science, and overdue awareness of racial injustice – was keeping me up atContinue reading >>

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A cascade of mercy

March 15, 2020 · Filed Under: Culture, faith · Tagged With: coronavirus, forgiveness, mercy, news, prayer, virtue

waterfall

Mercy: forgiving with another’s well-being in mind. Letting something pass without condemnation. Like many virtuous qualities, I often find it easier to define by its absence, by what it looks like when I fail to practice it, which I all too often do. I fail to be merciful when I cling to what I thinkContinue reading >>

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Redeemable

February 25, 2019 · Filed Under: Culture, faith · Tagged With: Catholic Church, faith, liturgy, news, prayer

Is the Catholic Church Irredeemable headline

Last Sunday I read an article titled “Is the Catholic Church irredeemable?” I thought maybe I would write something on the topic, but then there was another article to read, this time about abusive nuns, then about hypocritical priests, then about bishops who failed to protect children, then about closing parishes, and then there wasContinue reading >>

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What sexism does

September 27, 2018 · Filed Under: Culture · Tagged With: gender, news, sexism

I didn’t sleep well last night, but I woke this morning as I often do: ready. I’m a morning person, and often before bed I have a dorky thought like “oh goody! Soon morning will be here so I can get started again!” In fact, when I can’t sleep it is usually because I haveContinue reading >>

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Your Advent guide to casting down the mighty

November 30, 2017 · Filed Under: Culture, faith · Tagged With: Advent, justice, liturgical calendar, Magnificat, news, prayer

We enter into Advent at the end of a peculiar year, in a disorienting time. 2017 seems determined to draw to a close with non-stop revelations of powerful people treating others poorly. Most of these are dubbed “sexual misconduct”, but these transgressions are about misuse of power, and the use of sex organs, sexual actsContinue reading >>

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