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Humility and the Holy Cross
In June I had my right hip replaced. Twenty years of running eroded the cartilage in the joint and when…
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Thinking Liturgically: The Scriptures
Whatever Mass we attend here in the Roman Rite is broken up into two parts: The Liturgy of the Word,…
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Do Whatever Makes You Happy
These seemingly harmless well-intentioned words, can appear on the surface to be a wonderful wish for someone we love or…
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The Cross of Jeremiah
Jeremiah was the loneliest and saddest of the prophets but he was one of the greatest. He was a descendant…
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Peter as Satan
Truth in advertising–after all the glowing reports of the benefits of a product, potential side effects need to be mentioned. …
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Old Testament Roots of Peter and the Keys
“More Catholic than the Pope.” There is nothing more quintessentially Catholic than the Papacy. When we think “Catholic,” we think…
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Jesus and the Canaanite Woman
The apostles thought she was a nuisance and asked Jesus to get rid of her. Jesus had gone to the…
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Walking on Water
One of the most famous stories of the New Testament is the one about Jesus walking on the water. If…
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A Special, Worldwide Church Focus on Family and Life
One of the greatest privileges of my life was to work under Pope St. John Paul II at the Vatican…