Author: Katharine E. Harmon
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Escaping Christmas
Let’s get to the desert.
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The Council Daybook, October 11, 1962
We are invited to find unity within our Western Church, as sons and daughters of Peter, and with all Christians, as daughters and sons of Mary.
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My Headless Mr. Heart
Where the world might see brokenness and defeat, my son sees a peerless member of the communion of super-heroes, with powers far greater than I ever imagined.
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Help, there’s a Monstrance in my Mass
Celebration of the Eucharist. Devotion to the Eucharist. Which is better? What were we doing right now?!?
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My Jesus Tastes Like Hand Sanitizer
I don’t know about you, but when I get that sniff of hand sanitizer right before Eucharistic reception, my Jesus pretty much tastes like Purell.
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Symbolic Dissonance
This sanctuary is decorated for Lent. I don’t think we’re even ready for a “blue-ish” purple vs. “red-ish” purple conversation here.
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Let us Pray for Ukraine…and for the Tyrants
Let us pray for the people of Ukraine—and let us pray that God might give a new heart and a new spirit to the People of God—and to the tyrants.
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Francis, Liturgical Pope: On the Vernacular and Social Transformation
For a biologist who has famously spoken of the church as a smelly sheepfold and a field hospital, the seemingly ethereal world of language appears beyond the scope of Francis’ interest.
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Come to the Feast
My daughter has a gift for calling us to the table to celebrate.