Saturday, December 31, 2016

The Best of Times, The Worst of Times

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The year comes to an end, finally. It was a year of unprecedented violence and destruction, with the news and everybody talking about h...
Thursday, December 29, 2016

Putting Our Faith in Worldly Order

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DECEMBER 29: SAINT THOMAS BECKET, BISHOP AND MARTYR. The Fifth Day of Christmas also commemorates the bishop and martyr St Thomas Be...
Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Thirtieth Anniversary of My First Book, "Fishers of Men"

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This book was published in December of 1986. It's hard to believe that it has be thirty years. Before this month ends, I want to m...
Sunday, December 25, 2016

Merry Christmas 2016

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The Janaro family wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy Christmas Octave and Christmas Season. We weren't able to get o...
Saturday, December 24, 2016

O Holy Night

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A child was born in a cave one night, long ago, at the end of a weary journey, to a family cast out from all comfort, driven o...
Friday, December 23, 2016

Support Indie Artists: They Give So Much To Us

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The other day on my social media accounts I gave a special shout out to Audrey Assad, who uploaded to her Soundcloud page a quick song s...
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Agnese Officially Grows Up

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Sunday, December 18, 2016

Joseph May Not Have Thought What We Think He Thought

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Because this post never gets "old," I like to run it again from time to time, especially when we read the one text ...
Friday, December 16, 2016

Covenant of Peace

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Thursday, December 15, 2016

Cold, Windy Morning

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Here's the Janaro Estate on a cold, windy December morning. Nevertheless, the sun brightens everything up now that our usual leafy cano...
Tuesday, December 13, 2016

More Bombs, More Sorrow: The Middle East Continues to Bleed

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Lord, have mercy. Here are some of the faces of those killed in the terrorist suicide bombing on November 11 in Egypt. Twenty thre...
Monday, December 12, 2016

We Are All Her Children

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We have arrived once again at that wonderful celebration of the very precious gift that the Lord has given us in taking flesh and being ...
Sunday, December 11, 2016

Searching to See the Face of Love

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Dear Jesus, I sometimes feel a whole world that cries out for You but does not know Your name. So much goodness in souls, so many h...
Saturday, December 10, 2016

Six Months Later: Remembering the Smile of Hope

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I read a portion of a sermon earlier this week, from the Wednesday address of Pope Francis, and I could not help but associate it with a ...
Friday, December 9, 2016

Saint Juan Diego On the Fridge

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The Guadalupe Festival 2016  begins with the feast day of my friend Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin. Juan Diego and the Madrecita are al...
Thursday, December 8, 2016

The Matchbreaker: Christina Grimmie's First and Last Movie

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We watched The Matchbreaker the other night. I didn't really expect much from this indie film. The trailers seemed a bit awkward to ...
Wednesday, December 7, 2016

The Last Lonely Leaves of Autumn

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As December begins, most of the trees are done shedding their leaves, but these big maples are still hanging on for a little longer. ...
Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Saint Nicholas Day

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HAPPY SAINT NICHOLAS DAY! "We humbly implore your mercy, Lord: protect us in all dangers through the prayers of the bishop Saint Nich...
Monday, December 5, 2016

Someone is Present Here and Now, and Loves You

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We are made for love. We want to love one another with all sincerity and earnestness. In fact we are called to real self-giving love, ...
Saturday, December 3, 2016

Come to Our Help

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Stir up your power, O Lord, and come to our help with mighty strength, that what our sins impede the grace of your mercy may hasten. Th...