“What nobody tells you is that miracles can be very uncomfortable.”
I recommend three new books: When Breath Becomes Air, Blackout, and The Road to Character, after the jump:
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Posted in TCC: Reads | Under Alcoholism, Blackout, David Brooks, Doctor, Dorothy Day, Memoir, Paul Kalanithi, Physician, Sarah Hepola, TCC: Reads, The Road to Character, When Breath Becomes Air |
4.30TCC Playlist: Shangri La by M. Ward
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Under Catholic, Heaven, Love, M Ward, Mystery, Shangri La, TCC Playlist
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Matthew Stephen Ward, M. Ward, is a singer-songwriter and guitarist whose Catholicism peeks out from his lyrics from St. Paul references to singing on “Epistemology,” “I was raised in a Catholic school . . . I learned how to hold on from a book of old Psalms. ” Check out the track, “Shangri La” in which he sings, “I can’t wait to see the expression on the face of my sweet Lord.”
Read More4.29To Nurture Unity, Bring Back the Angelus
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Under 3D Catholic, Community, Health, Human Dignity, Jesus, Mary, Misc: Article, Prayer, The Angelus, Unity
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“For a few moments, after the bells rang, they stopped, put down their tools, stood and prayed.”
Melissa Musick on how most of our problems are not legislative or technological. Read it here: To Nurture Unity, Bring Back the Angelus. Want to be connected to others praying The Angelus? Download the 3D Catholic app.
Read More4.29The Decision That Changed My Life: Keeping My Baby
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Under Children, Family, Love, Maya Angelou, Misc: Article, Parenting, Pro-Life, Single parent
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In this essay, Maya Angelou writes about the “best decision [she] ever made,” keeping the baby she conceived as a teenager. Read it after the jump:
Read More4.28St. Gianna and the Working Mom
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Under Children, Family, Feast, Motherhood, Nurse, Physician, Prayer, Saint, Saints, St. Gianna, Work
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“Work can be prayer.”
Today is the feast day of St. Gianna, patron of physicians, mothers, and preterm babies. Terry McDermott writes about her calling to be both a mother and a nurse. Read it here: St. Gianna and the Working Catholic Mom
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