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Category Archives: Spirituality
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Blessed are they who hope in the Lord
Today’s readings When I was growing up, I always liked the “Peanuts” comic strip. Some of the best were the ones that started with “Happiness is…” So they would show pictures of Peppermint Patty hugging Snoopy with the caption “Happiness … Continue reading
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Friday of the 26th Week of Ordinary Time: Who are we to answer God?
Today’s readings [Mass for the school children.] Our first reading today sounds almost like God could be asking us all the same questions. He asked Job these things to help Job understand that God knows things that Job will never … Continue reading
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Thursday of the 26th Week of Ordinary Time: I know that my Vindicator lives!
Today’s readings This is the first opportunity I’ve had to preach on the ongoing reading of the book of Job this week. I have to admit that the book of Job disturbs me all the time, just because of the … Continue reading
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26th Sunday of Ordinary Time: It's not about me.
Today’s readings Today we should spend some time reflecting on one of the essential truths of our faith, and that is: It’s not about me. In fact, I hope you will memorize those four words and find yourself repeating them … Continue reading
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A Letter to Diognetus: We're Not Home Yet
Today's Office of Readings has as its second reading an excerpt from a Letter to Diognetus. This is one of my favorite readings. I'm not sure why, because every year when I read it, it makes me feel uneasy, unworthy … Continue reading
Posted in Liturgy, Prayer, Spiritual Reading, Spirituality, Theology
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Things we ought to give up for Lent
A surface reading of Catholic blogs lately has made me ponder the purpose of these things. Since it’s Lent, I thought maybe all of us, bloggers or readers, could resolve to give up some things: The use of the phrase … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic Issues, General BlogStuff, Liturgy, Spirituality
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Say More About That
In CPE, we had a little “inside joke,” if you will, about the statement, “say more about that.” That’s one of those phrases often used in counselling, spiritual direction, and CPE. It’s a good, open-ended question, better than something that … Continue reading
Posted in Discernment, Formation, Prayer, Seminary, Spirituality, Theology
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