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What were the customs in Jesus’ day for young Jewish people regarding courtship, engagements, and physical intimacy before marriage? What about any children conceived or born before the wedding?
Like us, Jesus could be besieged by his emotions. But his example shows us that God is there to comfort and support us.
Weekly Mass nourishes our spiritual lives. But what about the other six days of the week?
This pediatric hospice models respect for life, brief as it may be.
Pope Francis reminds us that God’s attitude toward us is far more one of mercy than of judgment.
Advent remind us that Jesus was born into a human family. It was important that he took on our flesh and blood, but it was equally important that he took on the social relationships that both complete and complicate our lives. We can sometimes think that it would be easier to be holy apart from the people with whom we live and work. But the incarnation reminds us that God calls us to be holy in the midst of those very relationships. What we learn from Mary and Joseph is that as long as we say yes to God, he will guide us through the darkness with a sure hand.
This Oklahoma priest’s September 23 beatification is a testament to his legacy as peacemaker and martyr.
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I won’t devote a whole column to it, but suffice to say, judges from across the continent agree: you’re reading a fine magazine. The Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada recognized us, some weeks back, with a stack of awards, including one of the “Magazine of the Year ” awards.
Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, director of the Vatican Observatory since 2015, finds it altogether baffling that some people still see science and religion as being somehow opposed.
The Dinner
Paul (Steve Coogan), a high school history teacher, hesitates about going to dinner with his wife, Claire (Laura Linney), his brother, Congressman Stan Lohman (Richard Gere), and Stan’s wife, Katelyn (Rebecca Hall). Claire convinces him to go, unaware that Paul has found something disturbing on the cell phone that belongs to their son, Michael (Charlie Plummer).
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