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Talking about Lent with the folks at the Deacons Pod

February 24, 2026 • podcasts

From the Deacons Pod: A brand new episode of our podcast "Deacons Pod" dropped today! Our special guest is Mary DeTurris Poust - Writer, a former Director of Communications for the Diocese of Albany, NY, who has worked as a reporter, editor, and ...

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Certain Doubt

December 14, 2025 • Give Us This Day

“Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?” (Matt 11:3). Does this question, uttered by John the Baptist from a prison cell, surprise ...

The perfect prayer practice

November 19, 2025 • Life Lines

Whenever my work schedule allows, I make my way over to St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Delmar on Friday afternoon for a much-needed dose of peace in the ...

Who is my neighbor?

October 15, 2025 • Life Lines

If you spend any serious amount of time with Scripture, you can’t help but take to heart that there are some absolutes when it comes to our call and ...

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You can’t fail Lent! Begin again.

March 26, 2025 • Life Lines

We find ourselves now at the midway point of our Lenten desert experience. Ash Wednesday is far behind us, and Easter not yet in sight. Although we walk this ...

Lent podcast: New ways to approach old traditions

March 3, 2025 • podcasts

As we prepare to begin our Lenten journey, join me for a conversation about ways we can expand our experience of the traditional pillars of Lent: prayer, ...

Who is my neighbor? A radical Gospel teaching, then and now

February 20, 2025 • Life Lines

By Mary DeTurris Poust “But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbor?’ ” — Luke 10:29 One thing that has never been in question ...

New Advent/Christmas book available for pre-order from Liturgical Press

January 29, 2025 • Advent

Sure the Christmas season is still in our rearview mirror, but who doesn't love a reason to dip our toes into the next Advent and Christmas season a little ...

Not Strictly Spiritual celebrates 17 years

January 24, 2025 • writing

It was 17 years ago today — on the Feast of St. Francis de Sales, patron saint of journalists — that I launched this blog. (You can read my original blog ...

Remaining faithful when God feels absent

January 23, 2025 • Life Lines

Wildfires and wars, sickness and suffering of every kind. It can sometimes leave us crying out: “Where are you, God?” The silence can feel deafening at ...

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