From my post at OSV Daily Take today. Follow the link at the end of this post to leave a comment and enter the book giveaway.Paula Huston’s beautiful new book, ...
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I've been awake since 4:30 a.m., which seems appropriate somehow on this day of watching and waiting. The rain is coming down. The sun has not made an ...
Today I'm guest blogging over at Sarah Reinhard's blog, SnoringScholar.com. I'll start you here...By Mary DeTurris PoustMy teenage son came home from school ...
It's Friday. Time for another meatless meal. Are you in need of some new ideas, something other than pizza or fish? I have just the thing. Or several things, ...
If you click on the AOL homepage today, you'll find Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York giving web visitors a great explanation of what this season of Lent is ...
I am going to admit right up front that I am a huge fan of Lent, always have been. It's my kind of season. Perhaps that makes me weird, but it's true. For me ...
Lent is one of those seasons that always begins with the best of intentions and rapidly goes downhill, at least that’s how it usually plays out for me.I plan to ...
This is a day of darkness. Judas’ hour of truth. The scariest part of this day, I think, is the realization that Judas is in all of us. So often we look at ...
I recently wrote an article on Lenten family traditions for Our Sunday Visitor, a national Catholic news weekly for whom I am a contributing editor. I thought ...
Today’s post is going to require a little work on your part. I want to hear back from you because otherwise my unofficial survey won’t be very official -- or ...
Now that we are almost one week into Lent, I have noticed an interesting phenomenon occurring at our house: the Lenten sacrifices are multiplying like loaves ...
As I was sitting in Mass this morning, it occurred to me that I had written a Lenten reflection on this Sunday’s readings back in 2002. So I came home, found ...
Remember, man, that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.
-- Genesis 3:19
Ashes have ...
A friend of mine who flies planes in and out of Antarctica for the Air National Guard is down at the bottom of the world right now. He read my ...