Friday, February 28, 2014

Ukraine: Where Will it All Lead?

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Maidan in Kiev: Great events have begun  As February comes to an end, we are full of questions about an ancient land, and also perhaps a...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

Thinking, Living, and Loving With the Church

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The reactions to the Pope's video, at least in the comboxes of various YouTube sites where it is posted, have been decidedly mixed. ...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Pope Francis: THE VIDEO. You Have to Watch This!

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In a recent meeting with the Pope, an evangelical friend used his iPhone to record the message linked below. He asked Pope Francis to say...
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Luigi Giussani: The Embrace of the Mystery

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The tomb of Msgr. Luigi Giussani in Milan is visited each day by hundreds of people who bring petitions and thanksgivings for favors recei...
Monday, February 24, 2014

The Winter Olympics and What Lies Ahead

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Indoor Floor Sliding Gold Medal Winner The Olympics have come and gone in these past two weeks, and we have seen lots of admirably refin...
Saturday, February 22, 2014

Luigi Giussani: Friend of Popes, Friend of Humanity

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February 22 is a feast day in the Roman calendar. It is the feast of the "chair" of St. Peter, the sede  in Latin, which we usua...
Friday, February 21, 2014

Relationships Take Me Beyond Myself

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If I try to consider my life in a truly objective way, something is very clear: I am not alone.  Insofar as I am an actual human person, I...
Thursday, February 20, 2014

Cooking With Josefina and Friends

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The "Josefina and Friends" Cooking Show Recently, I walked into my living room and was surprised to discover that I had steppe...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Death Becomes Love

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No mistake about it, here we have an entry from February 17... 1991. Young Janaro was pondering death in his entry for that day. This may be...
Monday, February 17, 2014

Praying When We Don't Feel Like Praying

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More snow. More RED marked "high" levels on the "aches and pains index." O Bother! Still, I can't blame that f...
Sunday, February 16, 2014

Winter is a Hard Time

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Weather affects people in many ways. A winter like this has given me a hard time, and I know it hasn't been easy for others either....
Saturday, February 15, 2014

BASEBALL: Take That, Mister Big Bad Winter!

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In OTHER news, Spring Training has officially opened. Washington Nationals pitchers and catchers have reported to their camp in Viera, F...
Friday, February 14, 2014

Manners, Love, and Living Together

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When Pope Francis spoke to a meeting of engaged couples, he repeated to them the same advice he had previously given to families: "th...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

The Big Snow

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Annnddd... here is the big blizzard of February 12-13, 2014 as it was seen in progress on the morning of the 13th at Casa Janaro: At ...
Monday, February 10, 2014

Is There Such a Thing As "Attention Excess"?

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When I read, I read. What fire? I have a pathological attention span. When I read, I read. Food? Meh. Sleep? When my head hits the book,...
Saturday, February 8, 2014

The Slave Who Found True Freedom

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St. Josephine Bakhita, February 8 I must shout out for this amazing woman  whom we honor today. She was called "Bakhita" by th...
Friday, February 7, 2014

A Personal Relationship With Truth

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I think Pope Benedict XVI expressed very well this point about teaching and education that I have been exploring in recent posts. Here are s...
Wednesday, February 5, 2014

On Parenting and Encounter

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It's particularly hard to be a parent in the secularist culture of the Western world today. But Eileen and I have been blessed to be s...
Monday, February 3, 2014

Welcome To My Workshop

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Who knows what this thing is? I have done a lot of writing in the past three years, and quite a bit of it has been here on this blog. He...
Saturday, February 1, 2014

In the Midst of the Storm

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Today's gospel reading contains a familiar scene from the life of Jesus and his disciples. With a little metaphorical imagination, w...