Difficult Conversations by John Marshall Lee

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Acknowledging, assessing, and atoning for the sins of our nation's racist history.

A Poem by Gerard Garrigan, OSB

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"She laid the foundation, laid it down / Sprightly, lively ragtime, old-time sound . . ."

When Will Us and Them Become We?: A Reflection on Luke 12:49-56 by Fran Salone-Pelletier

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The fire of divinity must be kindled. We cannot survive as a people if we settle for the embers and ashes of passivity and superficiality.

To Believe, Teach, and Practice: Forty Years a Priest, and Counting! by Fr. John T. Maher, CM

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Reflections from a Vincentian priest celebrating forty years of active ministry.

“Those People”: What Is Our Responsibility to Our Unhoused, Addicted, or Mentally Ill Neighbor? by Cameron Bellm

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We can avert our eyes, yes, but we cannot disavow that we belong to one other, that we have responsibilities to one another.

Two Poems by Marjorie Power

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"A pen in his pocket and nothing to write on. / He uses the skin on one arm. . . ."

The Case for Palliative Care by Anne Kerrigan

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An appeal to a form of end-of-life care that provides emotional and spiritual support.

Remorse: A Story by Catherine Chandler

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"When I had almost given up hope of executing my plan, I discovered a Saint Joseph's Daily Missal lying in the last pew on the far side of the church between the 8th and 9th Stations of the Cross. . . ."

We Will All Be Changed: Reflections on the Transfiguration by Jim Forest

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A meditation for the Feast of the Transfiguration on August 6.

Featured Poets Week: Gerard Garrigan, OSB

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A memory of an emotional recital concludes our Featured Poets Week.