As we move through this first week of Advent, I feel immersed in indigo-tinged prayers. Not literally, since the candles in our Advent wreath and the paper ...
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With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I got to thinking back to the first Thanksgiving Dennis and I spent as a married couple. We had moved to Austin ...
Here's a great video (with awesome music) to send you into the weekend with a smile. Give someone an unexpected free hug today.
Check out my latest column on spiritual friendship, Soul to Soul Conversations, up on Faith & Family Live! this week. I'll be taping a podcast for Faith & ...
This week promises to be a busy one, so when I saw this blog post up on Facebook, it really
6 Insights from the Life of Dorothy Day from Province of Saint Joseph on Vimeo.
In this age of Facebook and Twitter, when we can have hundreds, even thousands of "friends," many people still feel isolated or lonely. We may have more ...
Show of hands, please? Who here votes for a candidate based on what he or she is wearing? Didn't think so. You can put your hands down.Why -- WHY? -- does the ...
By Mary DeTurris PoustOne of my favorite places in upstate New York, just 45 minutes from my home, is the National Shrine of the North American Martyrs, whose ...
In honor of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, I thought I'd re-run a column I wrote about one of my favorite saints:Out in my perennial garden, nestled among ...
Well, autumn is definitely upon us. Here are shots from the yard just to prove it:Plague of acorns. I am not kidding. Acorns are dropping in epic proportions. ...
When I opened up my Word of God Everyday email this morning and saw the quote from St. Ignatius of Loyola, I have to admit I was surprised:Lord,grant that I may ...
Having come of age in the era just post Vatican II, I never experienced the "old" Mass. Although my parish did have a Communion rail in its chapel, where I ...
Jesuit Father James Martin, one of my favorite writers, asks that question today in a wonderful post about our call to holiness, regardless of whether we are ...
I'm offering my perspective on the future of Catholicism over at the Catholic Portal of Patheos. I'm the second commentary on day five of the symposium, so ...
Summer has been off to a crazy start, as I prepare for the publication of one book and finish up writing another. That's why you haven't seen much of me in ...
My post from OSV Daily Take today:How many high-tech gadgets and gizmos have you used today -- or are you using right now? Cell phone? Facebook? Twitter? ...
We sang the traditional version of this song at Mass yesterday for Trinity Sunday. I love it when they pull these old favorites out of the vault because ...
My May 26 post from OSV Daily Take:Today, in an op-ed piece in the New York Times, the 14th Dalai Lama writes about his belief in the need for world religions ...