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By Joannie Watson, Integrated Catholic Life - “There is always a reason to give thanks. Some days, the reasons are harder to see. But every day, a choice faces us: to complain or to give thanks.”... While I was looking over the Sunday Mass readings for this upcoming eighth week in Ordinary Time, an unmistakable voice came to my mind as I read the Responsorial Psalm. I did not actually hear the voice, but I could not read the words without hearing them in a booming, deep Polish voice.

By Fr. Nnamdi Moneme, OMV, Crisis Magazine - Imagine the hurt that David must have felt as King Saul and his “three thousand picked men” were pursuing him. He had risked his life to fight and kill the dreaded Philistine giant, Goliath, when no one in Israel was brave enough to do so. He thus delivered his king and country from the grip of their enemies. Now the king hated him and was hunting for him in the desert like a dog. What an ingrate!

By Msgr. Charles Pope - In this second article on the Spirituals lets review of some of the general history of the Spirituals and then, we look to the theme of HOPE... The Spirituals of the African-American tradition, sometimes called the “Negro spirituals” are songs created by enslaved Africans in the decades prior to the Civil War. They do not have individual composers, but emerged from the whole community. ..

By Stephen P. White, The Catholic Thing - On Monday, February 28, I will be moderating a conversation between the president of The Catholic Univ. of America, John Garvey, and the papal nuncio, Arch. Christophe Pierre. This public event will mark the launch of the university’s participation in the synod process, which will take place over the subsequent eight weeks. The topic of conversation for the event is, “Synodality: Why Should You Care?”