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Finding the meaning of Christmas in 2014
December 23, 2014There is a strip mall not far from the monastery. I was there a week or so before Christmas. Most of the stores are vacant and have been that way for a long time. The “For Lease” signs in the windows are faded. I parked the car and walked around a bit. I looked in […]
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Taking a risk to ‘enlighten our future’
December 23, 2014All of us would probably like to exit the year of 2014 with a bit of grace! During this final week that separates us from Christmas before the dawn of a new calendar year, most of us will do some pondering on the events of the past 12 months and, no doubt, we will entertain […]
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God is searching for hearts of good will
December 23, 2014Announcing the birth of the Son of God, the angels sang, “Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth among people of good will.” Today we are bombarded by commercials inviting us to prepare for the celebration of the “holidays” and manipulating our will through ads that tell us we need to spend […]
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Despite frailties, seniors come to pray rosary
December 23, 2014ROSWELL—Wrinkled hands grasp the beads as the men and women recite the Hail Mary, the Our Father and other prayers learned long before their hair turned white. Every Saturday, this group draws together. Mary and David Waters shepherd this assembly. The husband and wife gently remind residents at St. George Village continuing care community to […]
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The least of these may be the greatest among us
December 23, 2014She was a tiny baby when I first met her. She was the fourth child adopted into the family, which also consisted of two older girls and one boy. I met her mother when I was attending a home Mass for a friend facing heart surgery the next day. Someone there told me the mother […]
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Pope Francis continues to take ‘the world by storm’
December 23, 2014WASHINGTON (CNS)—During the second year of his pontificate, Pope Francis was still feeling the love, and not just from Catholics or those from his homeland of Argentina. A Pew Research Center study released Dec. 11 showed that the pope has broad support across much of the world. Sixty percent of the 43 nations polled had […]
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Late movie critic explicated ‘what it means to be fully human’
December 23, 2014His face, in the months before his death, some might have called grotesque, fitted as it was with a prosthetic jaw and fixed with what appeared to be an artificial clownish smile. For others who knew him, if only through his work, that face was beautiful. It affirmed not only life, but life lived according […]
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Pope Francis credited for urging U.S., Cuba to normalize relations
December 23, 2014WASHINGTON (CNS)—Pope Francis personally appealed to President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro this year to encourage both leaders to normalize diplomatic relations, a senior Obama administration official said. Speaking on background, the official told reporters Dec. 17 that the pope followed up the personal appeals with letters to the U.S. and Cuban leaders, […]
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Addressing a critical need in Haiti
December 23, 2014Did Mary have a midwife? Details of our Savior’s birth are lost in history, yet we might surmise that Mary was aided by a local midwife, since that profession is described in Egyptian literature as early as 1900 B.C. Today, most mothers can count on medically trained midwives to assist their delivery, in highly sanitized […]
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2014 update: Abby’s Angels Foundation gains nonprofit status
December 23, 2014NEWNAN—Natalie and Stephen Bacho of Newnan consider the daily work of running Abby’s Angels Foundation a labor of love. Named for their late daughter, Abigail Gracen Bacho, the foundation raises awareness about organ donation and safe driving, and stocks supply closets at schools. Abby, age 9, died on Christmas Day 2012 from injuries sustained in […]