Eighteen prayerful women gathered on July 21 at the Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, to explore how a mother’s…
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Apostle of Common Sense
G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) is the most quotable writer in the world, even decades after his death. He’s called the apostle of…
Why Ask Why?
By Melissa Lewis. My eight-year-old nephew, Quin, was explaining to me how electrical circuits work. He had a board on the coffee…
Strolling Through a Psalm
Did you know you’re a theologian? A theologian uncovers deeper meaning in timeless truths of faith. So we’re all “small-t” theologians when…
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…
How to Drop Anchor in Choppy Seas
Virtues are good habits of character. No one’s come up with a better way to be happy than to discover how to…
Finding God in a Pizza Parlor
Virtues are good habits of character. No one’s come up with a better way to be happy than to discover how to…
St. Peter, St. Paul, Here I Come!
“Last words” get our attention. Soon before he expired, St. Louis de Montfort said this to his unseen adversary: “In vain do…
You Don’t Have to Look Like a Saint to be One
Remember the centurion in the Gospel? He’s the Roman military commander who asked Jesus to heal his servant, who was lying painfully…
When abandonment leads to happiness
I photographed Jeff in his t-shirt emblazoned with the words of Blessed Henry Suso (1299-1366), a Rhineland mystic. Why is Jeff wearing…
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