Category: Good Read
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On Discernment
LAURA SUHR, OSB –Don’t be afraid of discernment–it’s part of our baptismal call.
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Book Review: Community as Church, Church as Community
“A church is often one of the few places where we experience the gathering and sustaining of community…Community is not easily found anymore in our landscapes.”
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At a loose end – Read St. Patrick’s Autobiography!
Today is St. Patrick’s Day. But for most people it won’t be observed as other years. This morning I celebrated a “private” Mass in the Seminary Chapel of St. Patrick’s College Maynooth perhaps the most beautiful Catholic church in Ireland. I think that many visitors to PrayTell may well have a little time on their…
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Review Essay: Political Orthodoxies
“Most of the “unorthodoxies” Hovorun examines in this book are prominent dysfunctions or misuses of religion in the modern period, notorious ones at that.”
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A letter from Fr. Godfrey Diekmann, O.S.B., appropriate for All Souls Day
As we celebrate the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls’) I thought it would be of some interest to the readers of Pray Tell for me to transcribe some portions of Fr. Godfrey Deikmann’s Advent 1999 letter to “family and friends.” One of the members of the Carondolet Village community with whom I…
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Blessings Animals — and Burying Them, Too?
Will there ever be a Christian form of burial for our beloved animals?
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Living Liturgy – Sunday Missal 2018
Living Liturgy™ Sunday Missal combines essential liturgical content with the finest presentation on the market today. This annual, one-issue Sunday Mass pew resource is compatible with any hymnal program and affordably priced for parishes. High-quality cover and paper Gospel reflection for each Sunday Readings and congregational dialogue in large, 13-point, bold type Two-color text in…