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… Friday." Our cultural Christmas ends abruptly on the night of Dec. 25 — leaving only the tree that nobody wants to take down. Ironically, there is nothing more distracting from the mood …

… describes the woman who is like the just man praised in Psalm 1. The just man is like a tree planted near running waters. The worthy woman is an image of the God who created her, and …

… Nov. 3-4. Several participants remembered how Nouwen "changed my life" or recalled the maple tree under which he gathered students or the space at the back of the common room where he daily …

… memorial — a space for healing and reflection that includes a park bench and two spruce trees — when someone approached with the news from Texas. "We stopped and mourned and were so sad …

… the rosary. Others fall to their knees and weep in prayer in the new chapels established under trees because shelter is scarce. Their pews are planks of wood or logs dug into the ground. "We …

… November. Let them have this somber, chilly month, with its purple-gray skies and bare, windy trees. Say a prayer for all the departed during this month, and if you can, visit the resting …

… and neighborhood or town groups banding together to clear remote unpaved roads, remove fallen trees and debris, and provide material aid to the neediest. "They are giving lessons of what is … in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, said Vall. It was moderately damaged, mostly by falling trees. Its basement amphitheater and several storage units underground were flooded. "We are at …

… is retiring at age 76. St. Peter's Square … will see its annual Christmas nativity scene and tree inaugurated Dec. 7. … The Abbey of Montevergine in Italy’s central Campania region has … donated the scene this year, and it includes figures in 18th century Neapolitan costumes. The tree comes from the Archdiocese of Elk in northeastern Poland and is a red fir reaching some 90 … city are starting to worry about their neglect in caring for the city's famous stone pine trees after one … toppled and crushed a taxi full of people … .  [Joshua J. McElwee is NCR …

… showers, limited or no internet, cooking with charcoal, and the sight of mountains stripped of trees, I was reminded of a project I started in November 2016 to research how sisters in …

… the congregation supports. With students gathered in the garden, the pope blessed a cypress tree, and then he met with guests and the Jesuits who run the educational institute. The pope …

… of me," he says, taking in the giant billboards, the glowing hotels, the carefully tended palm trees that stand like tropical refugees in this desert. "Vegas. It is deep. Even though you leave …

… passages. Having amassed cattle, money, houses, vineyards, gardens and "every sort of fruit trees," Ecclesiastes realizes that currency is counterfeit. "All that my eyes sought, I didn't …

… Beast, a shadowy huntsman who haunts the wood, singing and searching for souls to turn into trees for burning. Like Goethe's elf-king, he stalks the boys, lying in wait for them to lose … hope. As a tavern mistress sings: "For once your will begins to spoil, he'll turn you to a tree of oil and put you in his lantern for to burn." It's an arresting dramatization of the …

… us, I resisted bringing them to a Sunday liturgy. Certainly, the psalms speak poetically about trees and rivers "clapping their hands," but psalms are ancient, and we don't take them …

… Guam. Hunched over and carrying a cane, he is looking for the spot where he was tied to a tree decades ago. Mosquitoes descend ferociously with every step he takes. Apart from the gushing … and then-Boy Scout leader. B.J. was only 11 years old, and remembers the water was calm. The trees weren't pressed so hard against the water's edge. "He had me strapped to one of these trees like this," he says, pointing to the trees next to him. "He went down there, right, and …

… at least not yoga in the sense that most people think of. There won’t be any downward dogs or tree poses, unless participants do those on their own. Instead, Kriya Yoga is best understood as …

… covers up his car windshield with American flag stickers, crashes his car into a tree and dies because he can't see where he was going, and is surprised to receive this message …

… Pope Francis said. The "small seed" of his humility, meekness and charity grew into a great tree that makes up the two congregations he founded -- the Daughters of Charity and the …

… of up to 155 miles per hour, it tore out cables, roofs from homes and buildings, uprooted palm trees and even bent a cross anchored to a cement post at the entrance of a Jesuit school. It has … friars told him of the devastation they could see from inside, he said, including fallen palm trees and blocked roads. A parishioner sent him photos of debris, such as torn and battered … 22 telephone interview with Catholic News Service. In what was once a lush forest, the palm trees that are still standing look more like telephone poles because they have no leaves on them. …

… from Expedia offering special fares or hotel rates, the pictures of idyllic beaches with palm trees waving in the breeze enticing with the promise of a relaxing getaway, a destiny where you …