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St. Benedict counsels a little less talk, a little more thought
… tongues and remain silent, not speaking unless asked a question, for scripture warns, 'In a flood of words you will not avoid sinning' (Proverbs 10:19), and 'A talkative person goes about … and make us available to others at the same time. As the Rule of Benedict reads, "In a flood of words, you will not avoid sinning." Too often, so-called conversations or discussions …
Government workers were kept in the dark about their toxic workplace
… and the General Services Administration (GSA). The 300-acre property sits within a flood plain about 10 miles south of downtown Kansas City in a thickly settled residential area. …
Editorial: Zero tolerance for Farrakhan's anti-Semitism
… hug at the end of his speech and took the microphone himself to encourage anyone listening to flood Facebook with Farrakhan's teachings. The Catholic pastor wore a shirt bearing the legend, …
Reactions to new church abuse laws: a good step, but more are needed
… Washington D.C. archbishop was removed from the priesthood. The McCarrick case, along with a flood of disclosures of credibly accused priests and attorneys general investigations, spurred by …
Early evacuation in India spares more than 1 million from deadly cyclone
… Shyamnagar. "Many people have lost their homes as the storm smashed river embankments and the flooding then inundated their villages," Malakar told ucanews.com. Caritas Khulna has been …
Held in God's loving embrace
… and Eve in the Garden of Eden, then kicked their naked selves out over one apple. He sent a flood to wipe the earth of sinners except Noah and family — which, as a kid, and even now, seems …
'Joy comes in the morning'
… planet. Feeling angry and nursing anger are, however, two very different things. Because it floods the human body with adrenaline, anger seeks release, but it can find it in strenuous …
Pope makes donation to help migrants traveling through Mexico
… operators in border cities say they cannot attend to migrants arriving from the south, a flood of deportees and ever-more asylum-seekers requiring long-term shelter as they wait in …
Discovering our own resurrection story
… among the rest of the crowd wiping tears from my eyes when she finishes. The crowd always floods her with gratitude after she's done, thankful to see life in a new way, thankful for her …
God is free to act against our expectations
… free to act against our expectations. We hear how God made the waters of the great, destroying flood "a sign of the waters of baptism." God turned the devouring waters of the Red Sea into a …
Copy Desk Daily, April 22, 2019
… Cathedral was still aflame last week, the interpretations of what this fire meant began to flood the internet and Twitter. We Americans are nothing if not utilitarian and so we seemed … Cathedral was still aflame last week, the interpretations of what this fire meant began to flood the internet and Twitter. We Americans are nothing if not utilitarian and so we seemed … Cathedral was still aflame last week, the interpretations of what this fire meant began to flood the internet and Twitter. We Americans are nothing if not utilitarian and so we seemed …
'Sometimes a fire is just a fire'
… Cathedral was still aflame last week, the interpretations of what this fire meant began to flood the internet and Twitter. We Americans are nothing if not utilitarian and so we seemed … of the other warning shots, from glaciers melting, to exotic diseases spreading, to biblical floods, to the sharks invading my cherished Cape Cod beaches." It is true that the French state …
Do no harm: Catholic hospitals confront their own carbon footprints
… climate change. Climate change affects human health by altering exposures to heat waves, floods, droughts, and other extreme events; vector-, food- and waterborne infectious diseases; …
Our Lenten journey culminates in the vigil's powerful catechesis
… news. In some churches the story of creation is followed tonight by the story of the great flood, a story of what became of those two who were made in the image of God. God sweeps away all that God saw as good. But even the flood story ends with a new creation: a new covenant between God and humankind. And so through …
Holy Week services go on in Paris despite Notre Dame fire
… "It's not visible from the outside, so let's take advantage of new materials," he said. The flood of contributions has also led some French to ask how so much money could be found when …
The sacred triduum's symbols are sacraments that point to what is real
… he brought forth life. Water is also, as our friends who live and farm on the banks of the flooding waters of the Mississippi have learned, enormously destructive. The great Easter Vigil …
Where science warnings fail, can moral force push us out of climate inertia?
… a changing climate. Glaciers are melting. Intense storms are strengthening. Seas are rising. Floods are spreading. Heat waves and droughts are prolonging. And the destruction and disruption …
Cyclone Idai relief underway with help of sisters in Zimbabwe and Mozambique
… logs and big stones in muddy roads to help deliver food, water and basic health services to flood victims after strong winds and torrential rains hit the region in mid-March. "We need to …
A chasm of inequality: Lenten meditations on wealth
… hurt? Your torments track me down, your rage consumes me, your trials destroy me. All day they flood around me, pressing down, closing me in. You took my friends from me, darkness is all I …
Parish roundup: Students help with taxes; Floodwaters trap parishioners
… Hubert and Naoma Borgmann recount their experience of being trapped in their home by Nebraska flooding, said to be the worst in a half century. The Archdiocese of Omaha is carrying out a special collection for flood victims. Two bishops with Spokane, Washington, platforms come down on differing sides and …