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Miscarriage: love and loss 27 years later

Miscarriage: love and loss 27 years later

August 6, 2025 • grief
My annual tribute to the baby I lost 27 years ago today, the baby I call Grace: For the past few days I’ve been looking at the numbers on the calendar, growing more and more introspective as we inched closer to August 6. It was 27 years ago today that ...
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Staircase to heaven

Staircase to heaven

July 24, 2025 • Life Lines
I have been blessed to go on numerous visits to the beautiful city of Rome, and each time I visited, I ran the gauntlet of typical tourist and pilgrim ...
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Remembering Joan of Arc

Remembering Joan of Arc

May 30, 2025 • saints
Happy Feast of St. Joan of Arc! When I was in a difficult stretch a few years back, Joan of Arc became my guide and inspiration. I had the image you see ...
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Spiritual Amnesia

Spiritual Amnesia

May 19, 2025 • Give Us This Day
Published on May 17, 2025, in Give Us This Day: “Seeing is believing,” the old saying goes. Yet in today’s first reading and in the Gospel, those who have ...
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A Church of Both/And

A Church of Both/And

May 15, 2025 • Life Lines
When the white smoke appeared in St. Peter’s Square, the frenzy of the crowd could be felt from across the ocean and through our TV screen. Even without ...
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