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I hate crying, but that doesn’t stop anything.

by Sarah Reinhard | Jul 9, 2013 | Faith, writing | 0 |

I’m a dry-eyed gal most of the time, and I have always prided myself on that trait. Then I started...

The Power of Tears at Catholic Exchange

by Sarah Reinhard | Mar 4, 2013 | Inspired by the Virgin Mary, writing | 0 |

A nun, a prayer, and a new way to pray. It’s not a new story, not really. It is, though, one I love to tell, and I’m telling it over at Catholic Exchange today: Our Lady of Tears presents us with an image of the...

A Mother’s Tears

by Sarah Reinhard | Dec 17, 2012 | Faith, Fun, Inspired by the Virgin Mary, Mary Moment Mondays | 3 |

A Mary Moment Monday post I’ve been thinking about this post since Friday afternoon, when my mother-in-law got a call from my sister-in-law about what had happened in Connecticut. Then, a friend on Facebook started a...

Fighting the Tears

by Sarah Reinhard | Nov 4, 2010 | Faith | 5 |

I was sitting in Mass when I was inspired by an idea for a Quick Takes post. Maybe it’s that I actually remembered tissues or maybe it was the Holy Spirit. The problem, however, with doing a themed Quick Takes post about...

Tears as Gift

by Sarah Reinhard | Aug 9, 2010 | Inspired by the Virgin Mary, Mary Moment Mondays | 5 |

A Mary Moment Monday post I hate crying. As a certified (and probably certifiable) ENTJ, I hate the fact that I have this tendency to…cry. I don’t mind it in others; I can even see it as a beautiful expression of the...

But aren’t tears BAD?

by Sarah Reinhard | Oct 3, 2009 | Faith, writing | 0 |

A short excerpt from my latest column at CatholicMom.com, “Tears as a Gift?”: A while back, Deacon Tom Fox wrote a column in this space called “The Gift of Tears.” I’m a dry-eyed gal most of the time, and I have...