Stranded on the Pennsylvania Turnpike: A March for Life Adventure
The night before this year’s March for Life, I almost decided not to go. I heard about the crazy storm that was supposed to arrive that very day, and I didn’t want to be stranded.…
Category: Miscellaneous Nonfiction
An Apology of an Apology: An Overview of the Catholic Stance on Marriage
Apology: A regretful acknowledgement of an offense or failure A very poor or inadequate example of something A reasoned argument or writing in justification of something, typically a theory or religious doctrine1 Until this year,…
Christ Has No Body: A Reflection on Seeing God in All Things
There is a Jesuit maxim which all true Christians would do well to take to heart: “God in all things.” It is the recognition which mystics always discover and fundamentalists often reproach. The latter have…
Passage of Light: A Reflection of the Abrahamic Traditions of the Middle East
“This world is not a permanent place, it’s a passage, a road on which you are passing.” ~ Imam Ali (AS) The Middle East has served as the womb and nurturer of the world’s three…
The Heart of Christmas: A Seasonal Reflection
There is an inexhaustible flow of “Golden Graces” that are generously and continuously pouring down upon the Earth from Heaven above during the Advent Season. As we celebrate the glorious feast of the Nativity of…
Christmas Memories
When I was a girl in the late 1950s and early 1960s, my parents always bought a real Christmas tree. I remember the wonderful pine fragrance as we decorated it. There were two kinds of…
Christmas is in My Grasp
Editor's Note: This is a Christmas reflection from the upcoming book, Fiercely Loved: Confessions of an AIDS Widow. *** As I am writing this, Christmas songs are playing on the radio, the tree lot is…
All is Growing and Expanding: The Holiday Season as a Triumph of Light over Darkness
Embracing the Christmas season in a spiritually meaningful way often proves to be difficult in the face of near incessant commercial distraction. Too much stuff and too little substance clogs our senses and can give…
Rumi, Religion, and Going Beyond Religion
Here we are, not just in the season of Chanukah and Christmas and various other festivals, but in the season of the “Urs” of Mevlana, Rumi’s “wedding” night on December 17, when he passed away…