Commentary

This past weekend in Houston, I had the opportunity to speak at a religious liberty conference about transgender issues, homosexuality and contraception. The conference happened to open on the same day that the Dobbs decision overturning Roe vs. Wade was released by the Supreme Court.

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Prayer and fellowship do not lay idle in the summer any more than other vibrant parish activities or Christian outreach ministries would. The formalities or informalities that bring us together regularly cannot afford a respite from prayer, as they are designed to strengthen us in holiness as we reach out for God’s help.

I’d invited a group of girlfriends to join me for a mini-pilgrimage to Our Lady of the Rockies in Butte, Montana. We flew into nearby Bozeman, piled into a rental car, and about an hour later, poured out into a quirky rental — a former Baptist church basement social hall that had been remodeled for living space where we would pray our rosary together every night.

As a mother of five boys, I have spent countless nights at baseball fields, but never have I glimpsed God in the dugout until tonight.

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At times of disagreement and incongruity involving the opinions of others, it often seems easier to gravitate toward anger that leads to arguments, rather than discussions that may lead to some level of understanding. No matter how we feel about the decision of the Supreme Court in June to overturn Roe v. Wade, we have witnessed the reactions of both sides.

Here we are, in the thick of summer, this deep and gentle place.