Lorraine V. Murray News & Columns
Lorraine Murray is a parishioner at St. Thomas More Church in Decatur.
Lorraine V. Murray
“Messages from the Christ Child”
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Each Christmas, as I see the little figure lying in the manger, I ponder the messages God sent us by entering our world as a baby.
Previous Columns by Lorraine V. Murray
Something extraordinary about Mary
Searching for the hidden message
When the world spins into a new disaster
Monsters prowling through our lives
The taming of St. Francis of Assisi
A visit from a mysterious animal
Breaking down the walls of our stony hearts
A plant, a rabbit and a lesson about mercy
Genius and grace: Flannery O’Connor’s Jesuit friend
‘Everything is a grace’
The mystery and miracle of the Eucharist
My journey to Fort Snowy
The simple lesson of childhood
The day I slayed the dragon
A widow’s fears about the pandemic
Jesus’ last words become prayers for a pandemic
Battling the demons prowling through our lives
Journey from chocolates to the cross
A foretaste of heaven in an ordinary neighborhood