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Called and Consecrated
When I was growing up, we were urged to pray for vocations. That meant to pray for more priests and…
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The Journey of the Magi: Baby, You’re Gonna Be a Big Star Someday
Now the shepherds were not the only ones who visited the Holy Family after Jesus was born. Stargazers from Arabia…
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The Holy Family
The Passion of the Christ was the most intense movie I’ve ever seen. But there was a moment of comic…
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The Birth of Christ and Time-Travel
On the Second Sunday of Advent I preached a sermon the subject of which was time, specifically on the minutiae…
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The Mystery of the Incarnation
“Mystery,” he sneered. “That’s a good Catholic word.” My friend was a fundamentalist who had more than a bit of…
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John the Baptist and Spiritual Joy
On the third Sunday of Advent, penitential purple gives way to pink and we celebrate “Gaudete” or “Rejoice!” Sunday. “Rejoice…
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18 Shopping Days Until the Day of the Lord
2 Pt 3:8-14 We await new heavens and a new earth Wasted time is not a prized commodity in American…
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Prepare ye the Way
Advent is a time of joyful anticipation. For someone even bigger than Santa Claus is coming to town. The human…