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Grateful for the Annoyances

Years ago, I came across a greeting card with a quotation attributed to Anton Chekhov: “Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day...

The Beautiful Racket of My Life

After eight days of silence and stillness on my retreat at Eastern Point Retreat house, I was ready to return to the noise of...

Fight for the Space to Give Thanks

As I make my way in the working world as a minister for one of the largest and busiest parishes in the Cleveland diocese,...

Sincere Gratitude

We recently celebrated my husband Rudy's birthday. It was a simple and completely unassuming celebration. It was not at all what I had envisioned...

Eucharistic Thanksgiving

This month we celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States. Eucharist means “thanksgiving,” and in the liturgy, we as a community express thanks at many...

The Only True Identity

My 84-year-old father, a former Air Force fighter pilot who traveled around the world, now spends his days mainly confined to his recliner. His...

With the "Blessed”

The stench of the mud hut with the tin roof that was home to a woman dying of breast cancer, her two children in...

A Moment of Shared Silence

It's safe to say that doing a year of service with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) changed my life. I served as a teacher/lunch...

Trust in God

What does it mean to trust in God? Christians who call themselves faithful may say they place their uncertainties or difficult decisions in the...

God in the Mosquitoes

Just after a friend had introduced me to the concept of “God in all things,” I found myself at a lake outside the city,...

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