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Finding Your Perfect Point of Gratitude

November moves us toward the U.S. holiday of Thanksgiving. Most of us will try to attend to this holiday before we get too crazy...

Invitations from God

There is a brilliant scene in the first Harry Potter book in which ten-year-old Harry receives a letter in the mail that his Uncle...

God Is Right in the Middle of Love

A friend of mine recently described specific people who had changed her life. They had changed her just by being themselves, by loving her...

Holy Stretching

St. Ignatius opens his Spiritual Exercises with a comparison of the work of bodily exercises to the effort of our spiritual lives: For just as...

The Golden Ticket to a Papal Mass

The song, “I’ve Got a Golden Ticket” from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory describes how some eager Californians feel right now as drawings...

God Is Outside the Box

Do you ever imagine that your life is settled into nice, neat boxes? Here is my work box. Here is my family box. Here...

When the Winds of Change Blow

My first weeks of college were a huge adjustment. I sat in the chapel feeling homesick and utterly alone. I cried my prayer to...

Daring to Look Up

I recently took a ride on the High Roller, the observation/Ferris wheel in Las Vegas, which happens to be the highest in the world....

Compost, Dorothy Day, and Transformation

Last year, we acquired a large compost bin to dispose of many of our leaves, weeds, and food waste. Our backyard compost bin is...

Seven Kinds of Vacation: Which Suits You Best?

Say “vacation” to seven different people, and you will trigger seven different ideas of what a vacation is. When summer arrives and the kids...

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