When God Blog-Bombed Me

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Friday, April 14, 2017

His Hour

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At the Holy Thursday Mass, I had one of those moments where the Scriptures exploded in my head in multiple directions at once. It was that...
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Sunday, April 09, 2017

Life-Changing Holy Week

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Five years ago, I experienced a Holy Week that changed my life. If I had known at the time what lay ahead of me, I probably would have bolte...
Tuesday, April 04, 2017

Teaching with the Sonshine Bible Club

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This academic year, I have taught Scripture lessons to groups of public school kids in an after-school program known as the Sunshine Bible C...
Sunday, March 19, 2017

Retreat: St. Joseph

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This weekend I was on a retreat that focused on St. Joseph. My Carmelite community does a weekend retreat each year. This year actually le...
Tuesday, March 07, 2017

Praying God's Word

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Today's Mass readings ( found here ) bring forth one package to teach us about prayer. From my childhood, I read the passage from Isai...
Saturday, February 18, 2017

The Pilgrimage T-Shirt, and the Pursuit of Beauty

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This morning, my daughter was telling me about her desires. She loves beautiful things -- creating them and enjoying others' creations. ...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Become a Disciple of Love

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Lately I have felt myself drawn back to a particular moment during last summer's pilgrimage to Poland. It was a moment of awareness abou...
Thursday, January 12, 2017

Thoughts on Story of a Soul: Chapter III

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I'm reserving the right to be completely random and start a series of posts in the middle of a book. I've been through Story of a ...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Should We Do the Works of Jesus? Really?

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Today's Mass gospel reading brought my childhood to mind. On leaving the synagogue Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with ...
Monday, January 02, 2017

What Just Happened Here?: Onething 2016 and the Catholic Ecumenical Track

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What I'm writing here is a spiritual first draft. That means that while thoughts and inspirations have passed through my heart and soul ...
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Monday, December 19, 2016

The Anawim of Advent: Infertility

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I remembered it this morning during Mass. "If you struggle with infertility and are already depressed, it's not a good idea to g...
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Saturday, November 05, 2016

Power, Corruption, and Impure Love

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Earlier today, I wrote this on my pilgrimage blog : And a third intertwining point, connected here, is that love, the pure love of God in ...
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What Pilgrimage Made Grow: I didn't see this coming

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One of the outcroppings of my pilgrimage which I did not at all see coming while I was in Poland was a certain practical shifting in my pray...
Saturday, October 22, 2016

Please People, Always Bring your Toddlers to Confession with You

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I went to confession today. I think some of the silliest temptations that ever go through my interior strike me when I am considering or p...
Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Changing a Pharisee's Heart

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Today's gospel reading was this: After Jesus had spoken, a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home. He entered and reclined at ta...