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Defending Traditional Marriage: Washington State vs. Maine — 2009
“As Maine goes, so goes the nation.” On election day, November 2009, the Pine Tree State harkened back to its…
Monthly Archives: March, 2011
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Spring Lenten Cleaning
“How do you do it all?” a friend asked me years ago about my schedule. “I’m a lousy housekeeper,” was…
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Listen to My Voice
When we think about God’s voice, do the Old Testament images come to mind? Do we think only about the…
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Santi Cosma e Damiano
Today we visit the church of Saints Cosmas and Damian. Cosmas and Damian excelled in medicine and offered their services…
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Spiritual Dryness: “I Don’t Feel Anything!”
One of the most comforting feelings that we can experience is a sensation of peace, or even joy, when we…
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Death in Springtime: Recalling Terri Schindler Schiavo
It was the first day of spring in 2005. I was at the florist in the seaside village where I…
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No Compulsion in Religion
My Apologies to Shakespeare and to Jimmy Buffet (But we’re all dhimmis now) Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears:…
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John Paul II, Family Size, and Christian Prudence
Years ago, after attending a natural family planning class my husband and I had taught, one of the students called…
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Thirty Years Ago: When President Reagan Was Shot
On March 30, 1981, Ronald Reagan, president for merely 10 weeks, stepped outside the Washington Hilton. What happened next was…
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What’s a Baby Cost?
When my wife and I found out we were having our first baby, I was ecstatic. The coming of the…