Looking out of my office window as I write, I see a very wintry, glistening scene that God has painted. The combination of blanketed and piled up snow gives brightness to, what seems to be, the entire world. Even though somewhere in my mind I know that the entire earth is not covered with snow, […]
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I shared in my homily last weekend the various types of preparation for events or experiences in life. Preparing for a meal is different than preparing for a test. Preparation for marathons, team sport games, interviews and college vary in intensity and form. Advent scriptures also give us varied images and invitations and challenges,
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We have beautiful rhythms to our Church rituals and seasons. Advent prepares us for Christmas, which brings us birth, light, Epiphany, Baptism and Presentation. A brief period of Ordinary Time always gives way to Ash Wednesday, the repentant and interior journey of Lent, which every year is followed by the action packed cornerstone of our
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Wow! What a month November has been. We have been on a very emotional ride between the Cubs winning their first world series since 1908, and a very hotly debated election that has yielded new leadership in many key positions, most notably the presidency. The campaigning and the election have brought continued, sharp political division.
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The Feast of Christ the King this weekend brings a simple yet moving scenario of Jesus and the two criminals on crosses in a conversation that is short but very meaningful. There are many ways to look at the comments from each of the three. I would like to suggest that they reveal something about
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