If you have access to the Internet, you likely have read a viral blog post by single mother of four…
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On Wednesday, on the twelfth day of the twelfth month, in the year 2012, my parish and I celebrated the…
The latest unemployment figures are again depressing, but not for the usual reasons. They provide further confirmation of Barack Obama’s…
3rd Sunday of Advent (Year C) On the third Sunday of Advent, the penitential purple of the season changes to…
Much has been said lately about how to do evangelization. I’ve contributed a bit to that myself. Now I begin…
On December 9, 1531, a poor and humble man from a remote village, some fourteen miles outside of present-day Mexico…
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In 1979 I received my First Communion and, as a communion gift, my first Bible, The Illustrated Children’s Bible. I…
Second Sunday of Advent Faith, hope, and love. St. Paul, in I Corinthians 13:13, say these three are the bottom…
Frankly, I was completely in shock. Not that we didn’t expect it – we’ve been expecting it for some time.…