Remembering Zion
by Francesca Aran MurphyMemory is often a powerful means of awakening the religious sense. Continue Reading »
Memory is often a powerful means of awakening the religious sense. Continue Reading »
Before the civil year ends, let’s remember seven giants who will be sorely missed. Continue Reading »
I think that was the first time in my entire life that I understood that sin was real. Continue Reading »
In my mind’s eye, what I see on East 33rd Street is the old brick horseshoe where I learned baseball from my grandfather Weigel in the late 1950s—and where, a half-century ago, I had a foretaste of the joy of the Kingdom. Continue Reading »
Remembering God’s Mercy draws upon Holy Scripture and the great Catholic spiritual masters—particularly Jesuit saints such as Ignatius of Loyola and Peter Faber—to discuss painful memories through the lens of Christ’s Passion. Continue Reading »
I am at a Labor Day cookout in Finneytown, Ohio, and all the food has been eaten. Kids run around the yard playing a messy game of tee-ball as the sun dips below the horizon. Fluorescent pink plastic balls and bats fly everywhere. The adults sit lazily, and talk turns from mild state-of-the-nation . . . . Continue Reading »