Today we celebrate the Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola. And so, some questions to mark the occasion: Who is…
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For 37 weeks — and, really, for a couple of years before that — my husband and I waited. Not…
Oftentimes, when we employ our prayerful imagination in considering the Nativity story, we perceive the depth of emotion within Mary…
I’ll admit, it’s a bit of an odd choice for a child’s favorite Christmas song. There are no cheery jingle…
When I was a freshman in college, I was overwhelmingly homesick. I’d moved across the country with barely a backwards…
For an Advent song, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” is surprisingly somber, especially at the start. It doesn’t sparkle —…
Jesus Christ would have been an abject failure on “Shark Tank.” You can picture the scene: Standing before the sharks,…
In the Bing Crosby soundtrack of my childhood, “The Littlest Angel” was a Christmas favorite. It tells of a 4-year-old…
As Catholic Christians, we hold pretty big and bold ideas and names for Mary. She is the Mother of God,…
“Why should I give thanks on Thanksgiving?” wonders Charlie Brown’s little sister Sally in the 1973 animated classic, “A Charlie…