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Judith Valente

Can I Hear An Amen To That?

In my weekly prayer group, a word that keeps cropping up is anxiety. An amorphous, general, constant anxiety. This despite the fact that so…

6d ago

A pair of hands cups a burning white candle.

6d ago

A Tough Thanksgiving This Year

Thanksgiving always has been my favorite holiday, just as one of my favorite gospel passages tells of the single leper out of ten who…

Nov 24

A child and an adult hold hands in prayer across a Thanksgiving dinner table.

Nov 24

Finding Solace (Again) In Poetry

In the most despondent periods of my life, a single consistent balm has helped healed my emotional wounds. Poetry.

Nov 17

Hard-bound poetry books sit on a table with two pink roses and a tea cup.

Nov 17

Overcoming Post-Election Despair

For many of us, the day after last week’s presidential felt less like morning in America, and more like mourning in America. I received a…

Nov 11

Four flat stones on top of each other next to a single smaller stone near a bamboo shoot against a green background.

Nov 11

Fear Not, The Sun Also Rises

For the past year, I have been attending 7 a.m. daily Mass at my local parish. On these autumn mornings when I set out for the church, it…

Nov 3

Sun rises beneath some clouds in a otherwise blue sky over rolling tree-studded hills.

Nov 3

What We Hold Onto, What We Let Go

Throughout my neighborhood, the autumn trees have started shedding their leaves, like forgotten memories. The grass has settled in for its…

Oct 27

What We Hold Onto, What We Let Go

Oct 27

Before You Vote, Please Read The Gospels

You’ve probably seen the lawn signs. They say, Jesus Is My Savior And Donald Trump Is My President.

Oct 20

Hands of men and women of different races clasped over a table.

Oct 20

Coming Home After A Time Away

The calendar on the kitchen wall drove home to me how long I had been away. The page was turned to August and it was now Oct 8. I had…

Oct 13

A road lined with trees leading to the Pacific Ocean with a sign on the side of the road saying, “Drive Slowly.”

Oct 13

Putting the ‘Us’ Back In The U.S.

Today I leave for Italy, the country of my ancestors and one I love as much as the U.S. where I was born. In recent years, I have spent…

Aug 25

Hundreds of red, white and blue balloons drop amid a sea of American flags and people at the Democratic National Convention in the United Center of Chicago.

Aug 25

One Reason I Stay A Catholic

The Catholic Church is an easy target. Lord knows there’s enough to criticize: a patriarchy often out of touch with the people in the pews…

Aug 18

One Reason I Stay A Catholic

Aug 18

Judith Valente

Judith Valente

Author of 4 spirituality books & 2 poetry collections. Award-winning reporter for Wall Street Journal, PBS-TV, Washington Post & 2 IL public radio stations.

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