Lorraine V. Murray News & Columns
Lorraine Murray is a parishioner at St. Thomas More Church in Decatur.
Lorraine V. Murray
“The secret of a grateful heart”
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I wonder what their secret is! This is what I usually think when I meet someone in their nineties—and immediately envision some daunting diet or elaborate exercise regimen. Recently, though, I visited a remarkable woman, Margaret Mayer Mascotti, who is 98 and whose secret has nothing to do with calories or calisthenics—although it does involve […] English
Previous Columns by Lorraine V. Murray
Flannery O’Connor’s love letters to God
Secrets of Catholic hospitality
Lightning bugs, hummers and frogs – oh my!
Sweeping the devil away
The Martyr Who Walked On His Hands
The Man I Called Daddy
What Would Mother Teresa Do?
Let’s Give The Devil His Due
Celebrating New Life In Our Parishes
Untying The Knots That Paralyze Us
A Thief’s Prayer—And A Deathbed Conversion
Who Wears The Crown Of Thorns?
No Room In The Lifeboat
Shedding Christ’s Light On Tragic News
Another Sunday In The Land Of Memories
Surviving Christmas With Sanity Intact
Discovering A Secret Kingdom In The Heart
At Thanksgiving, Grateful For My Catholic Faith
Prayer For The Dark Months: Let God Be God