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'Who mourns in lonely exile here ...'
… it or not. But I believe that God was with me, and with all people who have an experience like mine, in a much deeper sense. God was with me, and Van Gogh and the wandering Israel, in all of …
Our Lady: Untie the strong woman
… I’d understood Guadalupe to say into my heart at that moment, something like this: “All are mine whether they know me or not, practice a devotion or not.” And that too, that oceanic …
U.S. not among signers of cluster bomb treaty
… that have ever been laid down in international law.” Like chemical, biological and land mine conventions before, the treaty bans an entire category of weapons. For over 40 years, … needs, rights and national action plans. “Since 1997, there’s been a de facto ban on land mines. We think that will happen again with cluster bombs,” said Thomas Nash, CMC coordinator. …
Children she got that she did not get: After abortion
… she was the age I am now, in her seventh decade, even though her situation was different than mine, she understood that life was Life, for reallies and for certain... … I was not deliberate. Though why should I whine, Whine that the crime was other than mine? -- Since anyhow you are dead. Or rather, or instead, You were never made. But that too, I …
Salvador archbishop: don't reopen murder cases
… other hand, Lacalle was widely praised by activists last year for leading efforts to oppose mining proposals by U.S. and Canadian companies that many believe would cause environmental and …
Pope Clement I, model of imperial Rome
… exiled to Crimea where he was said to have preached the gospel while doing forced labor in the mines, or that he was later drowned in the Black Sea with an anchor around his neck. NCR e-mail …
USCCB: It ainít easy being a bishop, especially after the í08 elections
… bishops on political matters “of questionable value,” noting that some pro-Obama Catholics “mined” the document to support their choice. Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver told RNS that …
A Knock at Midnight
… will go to him at midnight and say to him, "Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him"? Luke 11:5-6. “Although this …
Synod: Interview with Archbishop Donald Wuerl
… There are a number of things. One is a pet peeve of mine. We’ve got to tie the Bible, our scripture readings, and our lectionary-based homiletics, to …
In India, thousands rally to end anti-Christian violence
… New Delhi's busiest streets. "Allow us to live!" was another chant, as was "India is yours and mine, not anyone's father's." Most wore black armbands or had pinned black badges to their …
Archbp. Burke warns Democrats becoming 'party of death'
… Catholic politicians who hold positions contrary to church teaching from receiving Communion. "Mine was not an isolated position," the archbishop said. "It was shared by Archbishop Charles J. …
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
… that is hate filled and evil into a power for good. There is a small booklet which a friend of mine published, a Benedictine Sister from Erie, Pennsylvania, in which she described what she …
Pope in France: A lesson in 'Marian cool'
… As an orator, Pope Benedict XVI generally does not, unlike his predecessor John Paul II, mine his own biography. For John Paul, the dramatic events of his life were staples of his public …
Pope in France: A lesson in 'Marian cool'
… As an orator, Pope Benedict XVI generally does not, unlike his predecessor John Paul II, mine his own biography. For John Paul, the dramatic events of his life were staples of his public …
Experiencing the Divine in our Lives
… who died six months earlier, arrived with two of dad’s close friends who perished in the mine explosion. The three of them told my dad not to worry, because they would help him over to … grateful. I whispered to her, “Daddy loves Molly.” She repeated me, using her word for “me” — “mine”, saying “Daddy loves mine.” I went on: “Mommy loves Molly.” Again she repeated: “Mommy … Can a chocolate malt be sacramental? Mine was. I was 17 and away from home for the first time. I came from a small town where people …
Moving Cardinal Newman's body runs into controversy
… but I feel it difficult to believe that any can be greater, or anyone’s sorrow greater than mine.” St. John was also an Anglican priest who converted to Catholicism and joined Newman at the …
The sacred heart of gifted women: Handless maiden, stave 3
… I am remembering as I write to you in this moment, of a child of mine, who as a toddler touched a rainbow on the carpet …
Discrete events aren't important, it's the journey
… day in Israel, camped by the Sea of Galilee, pondering the Beatitudes, pledging to make them mine if only I were given a sign -- and then ducking as Israeli jets appeared out of nowhere, …
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
… Christ the Good Shepherd Parish in Lincoln Park. They sent it to me because a friend of mine had gone there to speak to the middle school kids. This was the summertime, but they were …
The Mystical Mouse; the roaring of the still small voice
… the mouse. “It is a Godly sight,” nodded Raccoon. “Come, meet an old and loyal friend of mine who will take you farther.” A big green frog with beautiful black circles on its back was …