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Balancing in Thin Air

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Balance is a tricky thing. When you have it, you may take it for granted, but when you lose it, life becomes dizzying.  Paula Veloso Babadi recalls her father’s answer to this dilemma, found in the Gospel according to Matthew.
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Vital Sign

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Author and devotional writer Lisa Livezey encourages caregivers with an excerpt from her book: Minding Mom: A Caregiver’s Devotional Story.

Survey Says: Mary, Powerhouse Intercessor!

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Welcoming the first Saturday of March, Author Dennis Lambert points out how we all come out as winners when we ask the Blessed Mother to be our intercessor.
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Let the Little Children Come to Me

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This image of Jesus rebuking the disciples for hindering small children from coming to him is something close to my educator’s heart. Children, especially very young children, are yearning for instruction.
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A Champion in God’s Eyes

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“Our world is obsessed with success. But how does God define success? Success in God’s eyes is faithfulness to His calling.”    Billy Graham
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The Shepherd’s Pie: Why Homeschool?

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Antony Barone Kolenc interviews author Maeve Jemison about her new book

Pierre Toussaint: NYC’s OG Black Hairdresser and Future Saint

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Before he was declared venerable by St. John Paul II, Pierre Toussaint was an OG New Yorker, a master hairstylist to the rich and a quiet godfather to the poor.
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Memento Mori

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Author Margaret Zacharias tells a very personal story of prayer providing the transportation in our loved ones' journey home.

Some Contemplative Poets

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Tom Medlar reflects on contemplative poetry and compares the style of some well-known poets.
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Invitation and Evangelization

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"What are you looking for?" Jesus asks (John 1:38). The disciples, perhaps not knowing how to answer, blurted, “Where are you staying?” Jesus replied, "Come and see." Of course, Jesus knew what they were seeking; is it not what we all seek: peace, hope, salvation?
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Love Among the Saints

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No one writes a better love story than God. In this review of Courtship of the Saints: How the Saints Met Their Spouses, Mary McWilliams details how the book’s author, Patrick O’Hearn, sets out to prove it.
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Offer it Up

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Lent is approaching soon. As Catholics, it is during Lent—a season of penitence—that we often give up things we enjoy, or take on a little something extra: any little bit of suffering to help train us spiritually.