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This month marks a full year since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Many, myself included, never would have predicted that this virus would still be a topic of international concern today. Yet here we are, more than halfway through a new school year with parents...
Cover Story 10 Life as a Lenten Journey: Are We There Yet? Adapted from Everyday Catholic Features 14 Reprieves! When disasters are averted, we want to know why, Jim Auer 20 Reputable Men: Deacons travel a long and winding road to serve God, his Church, and us, anonymous 24 A...
Thank you for the article “The Last Touchdown” by B. G. Kelley (October 2020). It talked about neighborhood football in Philadelphia in the 1940s and featured teams from East Falls, where my brother and I lived, and Frankford, Pennsylvania. I shared it with my Philly friends, and I’m sure they will...
When my girls were younger, I established rules for when they would be paid for successfully finishing a particular chore. I never favored a “no obligations” allowance, so they understood that money they acquired from me in their youth would have to be earned. I classified some chores as their...
I rejoiced when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.” For the sake of my brothers and friends I say, “Peace be with you.” For the sake of the house of the Lord, our God, I pray for your good. Psalm 122:1, 8–9 Name:...
Often during this holy season, we lose direction and focus. Our spiritual GPS just stops working. We took umpteen road trips with our five boys when they were young. The question most often heard on those journeys was: “Are we there yet?” Close in age—all born within a seven-year span—our...
Regardless of your intent, “The Faithful Vote” (September 2020) was nonetheless an obvious attempt to morally justify voting for the political party accepting abortion; don’t try to color it otherwise. To say [in “From the Editor” in November 2020] that the article’s interpretation is like perceiving the color of a...
“You shall be my people and I will be your God.” Ezekiel 36:28 Liguorian continues its tradition, begun in 2020, of publishing profiles of people who have served in ministry most of their lives. In 2021, the subjects will be women religious. A title will spotlight a favorite Bible passage...
As we limp from the upheaval and uncertainty of 2020 and tip-toe carefully into 2021, do you think we should dub the first full year of COVID-19 as the worst twelve-month span of time in US history? Or is the pandemic going to get worse? In an article published in...
Cover Story 10 Love Is Everything: 1 Corinthians 13 reveals the key ingredient that our global family needs now more than ever, Carole St. Laurent Features 16 From Anger to Forgiveness: The journey to reconciliation, Joe Baumgarten 24 From “Smells and Bells” to Teaching Theology: Profiles in Service: Sr. Dianne...
Cover Story 10 The Infancy Narratives: Two Gospels reveal the heart of Christmas with different ways of telling the miraculous story, Raymond E. Brown, SS Features 16 Living the Season All Year Long: Advent and Epiphany teach us what Christmas is all about, Msgr. Douglas Fater 20 The Time to...
Navigating a relationship without effective communication is like trying to steer a sailboat with a torn sail, a damaged rudder, and no wind. The result is little to no progression, frustration, and fear. Poor communication exacerbates relationship problems and lessens the likelihood of success for everyone involved. While we may...
As a faithful reader of Liguorian for over thirty years, I was appalled by the extremely liberal article “The Faithful Vote.” It is a passive-aggressive assault against the current White House administration. The opening paragraph sets the stage for this charade of an effort to displace Catholics to shirk the...
I was very disappointed by the one-sidedness of “The Faithful Vote,” (September 2020) by Michael Wright. It failed to mention three issues that I think are more important than environmental issues. Support of gay marriage, because it does not allow for procreation and is against God’s law of one man...
Contents: 10 Homelessness: Catholics in two regions exemplify how to answer the call of Christ, Jim Graves Features: 16 Making Matrimony the True Sacrament It Is: Bible and Catechism are tools couples can use in bringing permanence to marriage, Fr. Gary Lauenstein, CSsR 25 Living Thanks: Profiles in Service:...
Liguorian published an article on voting in September titled “The Faithful Vote: Taking a well-informed con-science to the polls.” In the past couple of months, this article generated more letters, emails, and voicemails than all our content from the past two years combined—the equivalent of about 120 columns and eighty...
At the heart of most stress-filled experiences is a premature or, at the very least, a half-baked yes. We can all relate to finding ourselves in a situation where, once fully immersed, we question how or why we got there. Recall the times you’ve agreed to do something and later...
Cover Story 10 Heroes for God and All His Children: Spotlighting Catholic chaplains who earned the Medal of Honor, Peter E. Mayeux Features 14 Our Shaky Trust: Today, as always, truth is our friend., Carol Monaco 20 Gay and Catholic: Now what? Eileen Wernsman 24 Devotion to the Nursing Mother:...
I read the “Plain Talk” column titled “Missing Essentials” (July/August Liguorian) and, in my opinion, the message was met with poor timing. The author asked, “Where is Catholic social teaching in the midst of COVID-19?” He implies that the people who are the working arm of the Church and implement...
Cover Story 10 The Faithful Vote: Taking a well-informed conscience to the polls, Michael Wright Features 16 Lean on Jesus: Understanding grief and faith development stages help us work through our pain, Mary Ann Reese 20 In Houses of God: Beauty, Culture Unite Pictorial: Spanish religious sites in New Mexico...