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What I Learned from a License Plate
I collect cool license plates. Photos of them, I mean. I creep along at 3 miles an hour in parking lots, one…
Glorious Contradiction of the Cross
A Holy Week meditation by Pope St. Leo the Great (d. 461) on the glorious contradiction of the Cross of Christ, the…
The Beyond-me Mystery of Advent
The Mass reading on Friday was a one-two punch describing the glory of Christ’s kingship in a vision of the prophet Daniel….
How St. Therese Led Me to Jesus
St. Therese of Lisieux is a lot of people’s favorite saint. The “Little Flower” died at age 24 of tuberculosis in 1897….
True and False Cross: a World of Difference
St. Paul hinted at the difference between “the world’s cross” and “the Cross of Christ” when he observed that “we proclaim Christ…
12 Signs of Spiritual Growth
A reader sent the following “signs of spiritual growth” that she got from a 12-step-program buddy. The list is a fun way…
What I Learned from a Tin Can Pilgrim
I ran into author Lynda Rozell at a conference this week. What made our chat even better: I’m deep into her book,…
It’s Okay to be a Rosebud
My uncle John called his late mother-in-law “Rosebud” (her name was Rose). Entering the room with a big smile, he’d call out,…
How to “Strengthen What Remains”
As the news shows scenes of disrespect for law, private property, and due process, reason itself seems to be going up in…
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