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The petals were dusty yellow and flecked with white. They emerged with timid strength from a nearly invisible crack in the blacktop

I was raised in the Catholic faith, baptized as an infant at two months old, and later received my first communion in

“Have you ever tried on a pair of eyeglasses and had them make everything look blurry? That’s because the prescription wasn’t right

The recent offer of self-deportation assistance by the Department of Homeland Security is a first for our nation, but it replicates the

Many years ago, Eric A. Clayton’s spiritual director introduced him to the idea that he is beloved by God. Eric calls this

When Steve Guttenberg’s father, Stan, was diagnosed with kidney failure requiring dialysis, the actor would drive 400 miles from Los Angeles to

July 11 is the Feast of Saint Benedict of Nursia, the father of Western monasticism. He wrote his rulebook for monastic life around

July 31 is the Feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, also called the Jesuits. In 1540, in

Some moments in history are so singular that even many years after their occurrence, we remember exactly where we were when we

Many of my deepest childhood memories are the timeless ones about family traditions, school events, summer vacations, late 1970s fashions, my cat,