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Remembering Larry

He was winning pitcher in the famous 1951 National League pennant tie-breaker game ending with “the shot heard round the world.”
Social act

Conjugal union between a man and woman may be private, but individual it is not.
Good as bread

I found it especially uplifting to learn about his heroes and role models.
We’ve been too quiet

Some form of reparation is needed. Direct cash payments might be warranted, but the Black community would see longer term benefit from free Catholic education, free Catholic college and interest-free home loans from church agencies.
War’s deadly distractions

War is deadly. While this is an obvious fact regarding those who fight, it is less obvious regarding the life and death plight of many noncombatants trapped within battle zones.
My sense, your nonsense

Pope Francis sees listening as one of our modern age’s greatest needs
‘Everything works out when we put our trust in God’

Grandma Lily still has the love and prayers of her husband Woody in her heart now, as her family and friends celebrate her 105th birthday.
Doing what’s right in your own sight a bad idea

What does the Bible think about our current cultural fascination with finding our own voices, setting our own agenda, doing things according to our own lights? Is the Bible for or against this ego-dramatic approach to life?
Dehumanizing one another

Her battle cry, though clearly motivated by the atrocities unfolding in Ukraine, should also prompt some circumspection and soul searching.
We can do better

Perhaps the best thing about the synod meetings held in parishes around the world was the exchange of ideas and discovery of the conflicting ideas within our community.
The face of war

Mostly thank you for helping me visualize the reality of this war.
Pray for us

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Like many people who have mental health issues, my sister and I have been looked down upon by fellow believers as if we are not worthy of God’s love.
Grave damaged

I recently came across a gravesite for Father Francis Fierens at Mount Calvary cemetery and was saddened to see that the crucifix and one of the stairs had been vandalized.
Vote with integrity

Before you mark your ballots, think about your faith and your vows at confirmation.
Strengthen the ICC

Ukraine continues to be an ongoing war crime scene littered and smeared with staggering hate-filled cruelties inflicted by Russian invaders.
Of God and baseball

For three-and-a-half hours, families, friends, neighbors and die-hard baseballophiles put aside worries and differences to enjoy an outing with 20,000 of their closest friends to eat peanuts and do the wave.
Why the culture was healthier when Johnny Carson and Joan Rivers were around

The tribalism on display even in late-night comics represents a severe declension from the cultural situation when Johnny Carson reigned supreme.
RESURRECTION IN THE OPEN TOMB

Weeping, I went to find my Lord and heard, "Woman, for whom are you looking?"
Easter morning at the Grotto, 1978

Before daybreak, after the daphne bloomed, during the daffodils, ahead of the lilacs, Molly and I, young and in love, walked hand-in-hand among the early birds.
Holy happy season

Most of us are back in church this Easter season, celebrating the greatest period of the liturgical year. It’s a hopeful 50 days, even in dark times.

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