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Just an Ordinary Day?
Friday, May 25th, 2012The following is an excerpt from the “Looking at a Masterpiece” series from Lay Witness magazine. In the May/June 2012 issue, columnist and former CUF President Madeleine Stebbins discusses the everyday holiness embodied in Johannes Vemeer’s The Little Street. For more information on subscribing to Lay Witness, visit our website. This painting circa 1657 by one of [...]
St. Isidore, Pray for Us!
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012From the Liturgy of the Hours: “Lord God, all creation is yours, and you call us to serve you by caring for the gifts that surround us. May the example of Saint Isidore urge us to share our food with the hungry and to work for the salvation of mankind. We ask this through your [...]
Sloth Management
Friday, March 7th, 2008In yesterday’s post I discussed how the vice of sloth is by no means limited to the “couch potato,” but is a widespread problem in our busy, workaholic world. Now I would like to offer a three-point plan for conquering the vice of sloth and replacing it with virtues that will move us in the right direction. [...]
The Sin of Sloth: What the Couch Potato and the Workaholic Have in Common
Thursday, March 6th, 2008When many of us think of sloth, we probably conjure up images of an ugly South American animal that eats shoots and actually hangs around. Or maybe we think of unshaven Joe Sixpack lying on the sofa all weekend, not lifting a finger except to open another cold one. The latter is a fairly apt [...]