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Our Father, who art in Heaven: give us, we pray You, the courage and the strength to stamp out the threat of paganism and slavery that hangs over the world today. Be merciful to all those who have died in the service of our country. Console those who have lost their loved ones in the…

Well, here’s something different.  It turns out that one of the top search terms on Google yesterday was “Virgin Maria Auxiliatrix.”  I’m not sure why, or what sparked this sudden Marian curiosity.  But my blog neighbor here at Beliefnet Mark Heringshaw decided to do a little digging:  My crash course understanding is that “Virgin Maria…

Like most of us, I have people in my life that I have a hard time loving.  So this morning’s entry for the Office of Readings, for the memorial of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus (or Therese of Lisieux, as many of us know her) had special resonance.  It comes from her autobiography: Love…

An alert reader wanted me to know about an essay by a friend of his, Susan Windley-Daoust, appearing in this week’s America magazine.  It’s a stunner: a beautiful and thought-provoking look at prayer and vocation, all seen through the experience of giving birth:  It was only after I gave birth three times–one by Caesarean section and two…
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