Tuesday, December 31, 2013

The End of 2013: We Have Grown in This Year

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It is New Year's Eve. Has the year gone by quickly? No way!  I feel like we've lived through a decade. On New Year's Eve of 20...
Monday, December 30, 2013

The Economy: What's the Big Picture?

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Look! Money! Lots and lots of Money!   Now that I have your attention... 2013 hasn't been a banner year for most people's econom...
Sunday, December 29, 2013

What Shall We Offer You

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O Christ, what shall we offer You for Your coming on earth as a man for our sake? Every creature that has its being from You gives thanks to...
Saturday, December 28, 2013

The Celebration of a Miraculous Birth

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Here is something from the time capsule that is pretty well done. On Christmas Day, December 25, 1990, young JJ penned a theological meditat...
Friday, December 27, 2013

Christmas: We Cannot Calm Each Other's Restlessness

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Merry Christmas 2013! Praised be Jesus, born of the Virgin Mary, the Prince of Peace, God-With-Us,  our hope. Ok, Teresa too. My litt...
Monday, December 23, 2013

Joseph Might Not Have Thought What We Think He Thought

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Everyone is familiar with the Gospel reading from Sunday's liturgy. It was all about Jesus being conceived by the power of the Holy S...
Thursday, December 19, 2013

In the Father's Hand

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I need to print these words out and hang them up, like, right in front of my face; i.e. I need to remember the truth that is expressed here,...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Dear Young Adult Singles: Some Words About Marriage (link)

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Yesterday, I posted about marriage as a guest blogger on the excellent blog of Arleen Spenceley. You can read the post by clicking HERE . ...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

How Can I "Rejoice" When I Feel Miserable?

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Today we rejoice because the light of Christmas is on the horizon. Recently we found flowers in the midst of winter, and now we see early ro...
Thursday, December 12, 2013

Why the Virgin of Guadalupe Means So Much to Me

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I must have been a child when I first heard of the event of December 12, 1531. Back then, we didn't see the image of Our Lady of Guada...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

I'm Dreaming of a White... Advent?

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Casa Janaro: Only in Virginia do they close schools for this bit of powdered sugar. So we had some snow! It wasn't that much, but on...
Monday, December 9, 2013

Born of a Woman

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"Mary, I surrender myself to you. I am all yours and all that I have is yours!" This entrustment is a work that is always grow...
Thursday, December 5, 2013

Advent: Playing Games With Jesus

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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 ...
Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Woo Hoo! My Son the Basketball Player!

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John Paul Janaro on the basketball court Ah, the basketball season has begun! Yes, I know that the big guys in NBA and NCAA have been ...
Sunday, December 1, 2013

Charles de Foucauld and the New Evangelization

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It's December 1st again. This year it's the first Sunday of Advent, but it's a day that will always draw my mind and my soul ...
Saturday, November 30, 2013

Andrew and Peter: Following Jesus Together

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St. Andrew "the First-called" is greatly venerated in the East, especially by the see of Constantinople, which traces its origi...