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Father Michael E. Connors

Preacher Prep

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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 guide me in the moment.” Typically, my interior reaction to this is along the lines of, Read More
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Priestly Renewal

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“I recall your sincere faith that first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and that I am confident lives also in you. For this reason, I remind you to stir into flame the gift of God that you have through the imposition of my hands. For God did not give us Read More

Intense and Happy Experience

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When I first read Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (“The Joy of the Gospel”), I laughed aloud when I came upon this sentence: “We know that the faithful attach great importance to , and that both they and their ordained ministers suffer because of homilies: the laity from having to listen to them Read More