The Hungry Spirit

Rose Marie Berger 7-01-2010
Knowing that we are going to die, how then should we live?
Rose Marie Berger 6-01-2010

The nice vendor who sells aromatic oils in front of Speedy Liquor on 14th Street got stabbed the other day. Word on the street is he “got sliced with a machete.”

Rose Marie Berger 2-01-2010

There are two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time, and will ever continue to struggle, declared Abraham Lincoln in 1858: “the common right of humanity and the d

Rose Marie Berger 1-01-2010

Sister Linda Fuselier was my first-grade teacher. It was 1969 at St. Ignatius Catholic School in Sacramento, California.

Rose Marie Berger 9-01-2009

In July, Pope Benedict wrote you a love letter. Like all love letters, it’s worth savoring.

Rose Marie Berger 8-01-2009

It’s summer here in the northern climes—and summer means the swimming pool.

Rose Marie Berger 7-01-2009

I dreamt last night I was being deployed to Iraq.

Rose Marie Berger 6-01-2009

Francis Perkins was the consience behind the New Deal.

Rose Marie Berger 5-01-2009
What's the unique contribution of religion to the 'green economy'?
Rose Marie Berger 3-01-2009
Forgiveness is an act of will. Fake it until you make it.
Rose Marie Berger 2-01-2009

On Jan. 20, the United States of America inaugurates its first African-American president and first Catholic vice president.

Rose Marie Berger 12-01-2008

The great wheel of the Christian liturgical year is turning once again.

Rose Marie Berger 8-01-2008
Why do we bear the fractured order of love?
Rose Marie Berger 6-01-2008
Pondering the rights of the poor while in line at Dunkin' Donuts.
Rose Marie Berger 4-01-2008
Image via Johan Bergström-Allen / Archbishop Romero Trust

Sometimes, Easter finds us.

Rose Marie Berger 3-01-2008
"I have come to love the darkness."
Rose Marie Berger 2-01-2008
During Lent, we think about the saints who listened in the night.
Rose Marie Berger 1-01-2008
Mary and Elizabeth teach hope in bitter times.
Rose Marie Berger 1-01-2008

During Lent, we think about the saints who listened in the night.

Rose Marie Berger 9-01-2007
Are beauty and truth a luxury?