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Preacher Prep

On a few occasions over the years I have talked with priests or deacons who revealed to me that they did not set aside time to prepare to preach on Sunday at all — they just “let the Spirit... Read More

Virtuous Reality

What does it mean to preach with hope? Popular uses of the term hope complicate this question. Americans tend...

Liberty for Captives

An evening redness pierces the sky, the last rays of the sun stretching out into the already blackened east....

A Spirituality of Interruption

St. Thérèse of Lisieux recounts how once she was trying to write about charity, and one sister or another...

 

 

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Leading Into the Mystery

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The recently revised English translation of the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults for the dioceses in the United... Read More

Called to Community

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Each human person was made to be in relationship with other people. From infancy we need others just to... Read More

 

 

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A Tale of Two Loves

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There is a love which gives life and a love which deals death, a love that fuels our flourishing... Read More

Stubborn as a Saint

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Our parish recently lost our webmaster and digital media coordinator. While we were looking for a replacement, I decided... Read More

 

 

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The Things We Carry

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One thing I have always enjoyed about being a priest is greeting people before and after holy Mass. A... Read More

Respect and Obedience

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Those about to be ordained a priest stand before the ordinary and respond simultaneously “I do” to the five... Read More