WHEN I WAS A young, unmarried adult, I faithfully attended Sunday Mass every week and spent every single minute of…
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DO YOU LOVE ME MORE THAN THESE?
“DO YOU LOVE ME more than these?” (Jn. 21:15) This question, posed by the Risen Lord to Peter on the…
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THE SPIRITUAL POVERTY OF THE ABUNDANT LIFE
YEARS AGO, WHEN MY wife was a young girl, she would ride into the mountains of Mexico with her grandfather…
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“HEAR YE, HEAR YE”
“HEAR YE, HEAR YE” was the call of the Town Crier throughout the centuries until the rise of literacy, when…
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DIVINE MERCY
WHY IS GRATITUDE such a hard reaction to foster? So often, my response to a difficulty is to stress out…
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WHERE’S JESUS?
“WHERE’S JESUS?” This was the question of the followers of Jesus after reports of the empty tomb began to circulate…
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PALM SUNDAY: RIDING A DONKEY TO CALVARY
TODAY, OUR SAVIOR ENTERS his royal city not on a regal stallion displaying the spoils of military conquest, but riding…
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THE COURAGE TO START OVER AGAIN
AT THE BEGINNING OF Lent, we were ready for conversion. We heeded the Church’s invitation to “Repent and believe in…
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FORGIVENESS IS SUPERNATURAL
Forgiveness is an engagement in a real spiritual battle that we cannot win with our own strength. When we are…
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A GOOD FATHER
WHAT MAKES A MAN an ideal father? He who gives his children everything they ask for? The one who provides…









