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Easter People in a Good Friday/Holy Saturday World?

A great theologian, Johannes Hoffinger, asked: “if we are Easter People, why do we so often look like people in need of an aspirin?” Can we learn to recognize our experiences of the resurrected Jesus today.

Holy Week: What Would You Do?

A Mindwalk from Deidre Noonan As Holy Week begins, on Palm Sunday, we hear the first version of the Passion.  Have you really read it?  Have you placed yourself in each character? What would you do? The Anointing As Jesus is reclining at the table, in the house...

Transfigured

Deirdre Noonan writes: Each Sunday my family has a ritual. We go to mass, come home, my 19 year old son makes us breakfast and we talk, usually about whatever the homily was about. Recently, the gospel was the story of the transfiguration.

Changing Our Clocks, Fast-forwards and Do-overs

Changing Our Clocks, Fast-forwards and Do-overs

Fall behind – spring ahead!

What if we could “replay” what we lost in our lives. Of course, we don’t get to replay the hours we lost.

Nor do we get to skip ahead and see our futures as we change clocks.

Can changing of clocks as a metaphor for our lives?

What’s Your Way of Handling Conflict?

A simple fact of life. We don’t always agree… especially on things that are important to us.

A painful fact of life. Disagreements and conflicts can get out of hand.

But, there is another fact of life.

We can and should learn from disagreements.

Jeopardy and the Our Father

Jeopardy and the Our Father

My ears perked up when I heard the reaction to three contestants being stumped by a simple question related to the words of the “Our Father.” Apparently, I was not the only one.

A “Father” Learned From His Grandfather

A “Father” Learned From His Grandfather

Father Dennis Holtschneider, CM, is currently President of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities. Some years ago, he shared how he first learned about St. Vincent.  It was through the stories his grandfather told about his 22 years as a member of the Vi…

Journeying From Opposites To Equals

Journeying From Opposites To Equals

Those familiar only with the younger lives of St. Vincent and St. Louise would have been surprised by their lifelong journey.
Vincent and Louise would not have been considered a good bet as a relationship that would work out.

Lyrics That Lead to Prayer

Lyrics That Lead to Prayer

“Life is not tried, it is merely survived if you’re standing outside the fire.”
When country singer Garth Brooks wrote those lyrics in 1993 I doubt he thought it might lead to prayer.