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By: “Forever”

[...] Scalia, astonishing as ever, finds a spark of the divine in the most surprising places—even on a postage stamp: At the absolute baseline of the life of faith we are asked a question: do you trust...

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By: Joel DuBois

How simply serene, holy, spiritually lifting ….. so much so that I got some irritating liquid in my eyes and I’m trying to think of something else to dry it up. Thank you. (I’ll bet you anything that...

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By: Stefanie

Thank you, Elizabeth. I hadn’t seen this before. Well, now I know I’ve got to buy a bunch of them…to use forever. Love the ‘forever’ perspective!

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By: kmk

I just bought a few booklets at our local post office. Awesome!!!!!

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By: Manny

That is pretty. I could swear I’ve seen that image or very similar on Christmas cards. I’m going to have to get some.

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By: Manny

Wait, I just realized something. That star was for the Magi, not the flight to Egypt. And is the flight to Egypt even part of the Christmas story, or did it happen months later? Hmm.

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By: Peggy m

Nice reflection. Thank you.

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By: Adam

Manny–It’s probably artistic license. Shoot, I mean the Gospels talk about the Magi visiting the Holy Family in a “house,” not the stable. Unless “house” and “stable” are interchangeable, most...

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Kyrie Eleison: The “Year of Mercy” Can’t Come Too Soon…

“The mercy of God is not an abstract idea but a concrete reality,” writes Pope Francis. Well thanks be to God for this emphatic good news, and for the nearly here Jubilee of Mercy. That it begins one...

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“I Hate Youse All!” Uncle Charlie, Christmas & That Generation

Christmas day never comes without my remembrance of “Uncle Charlie”, a family friend who once appeared on our doorstep, decked out in all of Santa’s raiment and tripping in his boots only slightly. He...

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What Would Pope Benedict or the Psalmist Say About THIS Music?

It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to make music to your name, O Most High, to proclaim your love in the morning and your truth in the watches of the night, on the ten-stringed lyre and the lute,...

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The Roches – We Three Kings

Happy Feast of the Epiphany (Traditional) For my money, this is the best version of We Three Kings, ever. It’s just right. Enjoy!

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“Begin the Apocalypse” Once More!

Well, we’re done. Super Tuesday, I mean. We’re done. And in my facebook threads what I basically am observing is the vomiting of the masses, because no one — except the hackiest of hacks — seems happy...

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Thank you, Norman Lear; Thank you, Justice Ginsberg; Thank you, Professors...

I was struck by this brief but heartfelt farewell to Nancy Reagan by legendary television producer Norman Lear, founder of the progressive group, People for the American Way, and a recent voice for the...

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17 y/o Primary Voters in Ohio? Why Not “14 or Fight”?

“Who in America really can resist the clarion call of youth? … down with experience.” Wild in the Streets For most of my life, I have felt like 1968 had never quite disappeared — that it had not quite...

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My New Book is Out! I Have a New Book!

So…this happened: And seriously? I have no idea what to tell you about it. It’s called Little Sins Mean a Lot: Kicking Our Bads Habits Before They Kick Us, and I probably should never have written it....

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Anchoress2016: A Write-in Campaign to Make America Sane Again

You all know me, so I don’t have to introduce myself or bore you with interviews and commercials. My platform: Everybody shut up My foreign policy: “You crazy nations, shut up and act right, you want...

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How Does Science Back Up a Theological Dogma? Like This:

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I will keep this very brief, with the help of my column this month, at The Catholic Answer: For most of my life, the assumption of Mary existed as little more,...

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