Sunday, January 31, 2016

"Love Never Fails," Therefore We Must Never Be Discouraged

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The second reading from today's liturgy is the famous chapter 13 of Saint Paul's first letter to the Corinthians. Even Catholic C...
Saturday, January 30, 2016

Five Years of Never Giving Up!

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January 29th marked five years  of blogging. I know that I tend to say the same things over and over again. I've always been repet...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

I Follow Jesus. So Why am I Still Such a Big Mess!?

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Jesus has come into my life and taken hold of me. He has rescued me from slavery to sin, given me new life, and made me a child of God. Y...
Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Janaro Cabin Fever

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Things have been a little nutty around here. We've had plenty of indoor time and some silliness has ensued. I wanted to try out some so...
Monday, January 25, 2016

The Snow Came Tumbling Down

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Our mild winter was strangely interrupted by The Snow Monster, or — as it has been variously called — SNOWZILLA,  SNOWPOCALYPSE, SNOWMAGEDD...
Monday, January 18, 2016

The Practical Force of Love

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As the United States of America honors the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr., I present a few texts from many of Dr. King's sermons a...
Sunday, January 17, 2016

Cana in Galilee

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There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding...
Saturday, January 16, 2016

Zacchaeus the Tax Collector

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I have begun a new year of Great Conversion Stories  in the pages of that unique magazine  that is smaller than a pocket tablet and still h...
Friday, January 15, 2016

How Can I Love People Truly?

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Nothing in the world can satisfy the human heart.  We stand before each other like open wounds, aching for the love of God. It is Je...
Thursday, January 14, 2016

Death Comes for the Artists... and Hope for Mercy

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The author is also a musician Recently, there have been several deaths of actors, composers, and musicians from various causes. Indeed,...
Sunday, January 10, 2016

God Comes in History to Change Us

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BLESSED AND HAPPY FEAST DAY! The Christmas season culminates in the celebration of "the Baptism of Jesus," known in the earl...
Saturday, January 9, 2016

"He Will Baptize You"—Water, Spirit, Fire

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Friday, January 8, 2016

"...And We Saw His Glory"

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"The Word became flesh, and made His dwelling among us, and we saw His glory..." (John 1:14). In His humility we see His ...
Wednesday, January 6, 2016

The Manifestation of God in the Flesh of This Man!

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"In the beginning and before all ages, the Word was God and he humbled himself to be born the Savior of the world" (antiphon, Epi...
Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Young Jesus in the Eyes of an Old Scribe

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I have been thinking about this thing of being 53 years old. It's a bit striking to realize that I am twenty years older than Jesus w...
Sunday, January 3, 2016

And It's Another Birthday For Me

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Here are some birthday pictures from last night. Some pasta with red wine: Then there is the masterpiece of cake. "Sing 'Happ...
Saturday, January 2, 2016

Forward to What Lies Ahead

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The Church Fathers ... they really ' get it .' Here Gregory Nazianzen ("the Theologian") preaches around the year 390 o...
Friday, January 1, 2016

Roberto Clemente: Grace in the Flesh of the Moment

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New Year's Day. It means many things, but to a group of people from my generation who happened to be sports-crazy kids growing up...
Thursday, December 31, 2015

We're Awkward, Clumsy, Blundering, but We Move Forward

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Well well, 2015. Goodbye. You have been a hard year for many people. A year of sorrow and pain. You are ending, however, with the promi...
Tuesday, December 29, 2015

A God Who Has Entered Time

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"Since the Day of the Lord's Nativity, the fullness of time has reached us. So there is no more room for anxiety in the face...