Getting 'death with dignity' rightFather Tadeusz Pacholczyk
Nurses and doctors can encounter distressing images as death unfolds for their patients. Those approaching death may make odd bodily movements, give off stenches, or emit strange groans. Perhaps they ...
Scripture Reflection for Jan. 19, 2025, Second Sunday in Ordinary TimeDeacon Greg Kandra
Is 62:1-5 Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 9-10 1 Cor 12:4-11 Jn 2:1-11 Who couldn't use a miracle right about now? After weeks of parties and packages, planning and platters, the world returns to something ...
In Pacific Palisades, paradise lostGreg Erlandson
I have trouble talking about the loss without tearing up, as if the smoke and ash from Los Angeles traveled across country to find me. My in-laws were French immigrants to California, proud Americans, ...
Happy New Year!Eileen McLaughlin
As a lifelong educator, I've always had multiple opportunities to celebrate the New Year -- once in September with the launch of the school year and again in January when the calendar shifted. I ...
Joyful hopeMichael Reardon
Last week, I received an anxious call from my 20-year-old son at 12:30 in the morning telling me that his connecting flight was canceled, and the next flight was not until 22 hours later. He was anxious, ...
Scripture Reflection for Jan. 5, 2025, The Epiphany of the LordDeacon Greg Kandra
Is 60:1-6 Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13 Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6 Mt 2:1-12 If we haven't gotten enough of Christmas lights already this season -- on houses, trees, bushes, department stores -- this Sunday ...
Tolkien's world, still popular on the big screen, began with faith and wordsCecilia Hadley
In the beginning were the words. J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth -- the world of "The Lord of the Rings" and now the new animated film "The War of the Rohirrim" -- was born, first and foremost, from ...
Scripture Reflection for Dec. 22, 2024, Fourth Sunday of AdventDeacon Greg Kandra
Mi 5:1-4a Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19 Heb 10:5-10 Lk 1:39-45 Ironically, as our Advent journey is drawing to a close, another journey is beginning. It's right there in the first three words of this ...
Getting adult children to Christmas MassGreg Erlandson
There are two kinds of families that I notice at Christmas Mass. The first are those with young children dressed up in their best Christmas finery, excited about the whole day. The kids sing the songs ...
The work of redemptionEileen McLaughlin
Advent has begun for school children in our archdiocesan community of faith. Most likely, they'll be wearing down their purple, pink, and green crayons as they color an Advent wreath and learn that ...
