“Said to Godhead”: Two Poems by Christopher Grosso

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"Even birth is a violent conflict between life and taring. . . ."

The Mystery in Ordinary Churches by Gerald W. Schlabach

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The mystery of the Mass is that God has reached us in our dusty, motley, disagreeable, struggling communities.

Summer Reading Series: New Fiction from James Magner, MD

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A selection from a new novel that celebrates the tradition of Irish Catholicism in 19th-century America.

Belief and the Believer by Nicole d’Entremont

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The Eucharist as metaphor. How do you make real the answer to the imponderable?

Memories Are Made of This by Fran Salone-Pelletier

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Memorial Day is an opportunity to publicly mourn those who we have lost and to reassess the costs of war.

Two Poems by Gerard Garrigan, OSB

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"In Greeneland, no dreamland / Where only the improbable is real . . ."

Communion and Solidarity by Ed Burns

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How do we create flourishing parishes for the 21st century?

“We’ve Got to Find a Way to Bring Some Loving Here Today”: Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” at 50 by Chris Byrd

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Released in 1971, "What’s Going On" remains a cry for greater solidarity and more love among the human family.

On Learning to Pray, and Reflecting on Prayer, with Father James Martin by Joe Pagetta

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A new book by the Jesuit priest occasions reflection on the life of prayer.

Two Poems by John Zedolik

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". . . but only for a nano-bit / of geologic time, for the dark / in flight must be spirit only indestructible / to any earthly weight . . ."