We just have to love harder
NCR Today: On Facebook a friend posted, "We just have to love harder." It takes my breath away. How do I love harder?
Spirituality
Preview: Culture and the care of the dead
Preview: Will the idea of communal urns take hold in the United States?
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Holy hospitality
Sometimes I think that the TV show "Blue Bloods" is the best PR the U.S. Catholic church could ask for. In the midst of crime and court drama we get the everyday life of the Reagan family, struggling to do what is right in a world that doesn't lean that way -- and they argue it all out at the dinner table after they say grace.
Preview: Communal urn signifies unity, oneness
Preview: Some say commingling the ashes of the dead in a communal urn is spiritually the right way to care for human remains.
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What I learned about life playing center for the Cubs
Soul Seeing: When I was a kid in the 1950s, all I wanted to be was center fielder for the Chicago Cubs.
Biblical animal prophecy reveals ecology is all about peace
Eco Catholic: Isaiah's vision of wolves and lambs lying together pairs well with the Genesis dominion debate.
Knowing and doing
It is one thing to know something; it is entirely another thing to act on that knowledge. Indeed, it is a great feat of will to go from knowing to doing. Why?
Preview: The keepers and spreaders of the light
Preview: Last year, our son Nick -- who is 27 and has autism -- received his first holy Communion at St. Mary Church here in Anacortes, Wash.
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Preview: Homeless women put their skills to work
For 20 years, the Tomorrow Project has taken a simple but effective strategy for addressing homelessness: beans. What originally started as the Women's Bean Project transformed to the Tomorrow Project.
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Like lambs among wolves
When I attended high school in St. Agatha, Maine, I was privileged to be taught by Sr. Mary Antoinette, a Daughter of Wisdom who had been a dedicated missionary in Malawi. While she was an excellent teacher and very devoted to her students, it was clear that she felt a deep longing to return to Africa.
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In This Issue
September 9-22, 2016
- Editorial: Make action on poverty a national priority
- Music provides a deeper sense of promise
- SNAP concerned with survivor confidentiality after judge's sanctions
- Special Section (subscribers only): Health & Well-Being