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April 2015

April 13, 2015
Did Elijah have special qualities that gave God indication that he should be given the...
April 12, 2015
He is the Christ who died for our sins, was buried, and rose again. On...
April 10, 2015
My flight for Jordan was leaving that night from JFK. Getting to New York twelve...
April 09, 2015
I fell into darkness. Uncertain and anxious, I went often to Adoration. I cried with...
April 07, 2015
I'm at #4 right now, as I scurry to pull together the last details before...
April 02, 2015
However, there's another way to consider our Lord's instruction to pick up our cross and...

March 2015

March 31, 2015
With just four days left before Easter morning, now is precisely the time to step...
March 30, 2015
The services of the Triduum - the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday,...
March 22, 2015
I can hardly believe it. I've been accepted to the Jordan Tourism Board's Religious Journalist
March 20, 2015
Pilgrimages. They're one of those things everybody would like to do, but nobody thinks they...
March 19, 2015
To the degree that we are able to model ourselves after the blueprint [Mary] set...
March 18, 2015
Let go of your pride, stop looking at Lent as a win-or-loose situation, and take...
March 17, 2015
Again and again, I hear folks say, "Everybody's Irish on St. Patrick's Day!" I daresay...
March 03, 2015
That's exactly what I do each Lent. My own sinfulness and need for repentance get...

February 2015

February 23, 2015
True, we still have to live our lives - we still have to go to...
February 18, 2015
So, as I'm ready to head out for my day – including receiving ashes –...
February 09, 2015
Disciplining myself to spend 10 minutes each day contemplating Scripture and conversing with my Lord...
February 05, 2015
The story of the missions is fascinating, and I'm delighted that friend and colleague Diana...
February 04, 2015
Granted, the choice is yours whether or not to watch the video of Muadh al-Kasasbeh's...

January 2015

January 29, 2015
My observation has been that the Pallium investiture tends to be confined to the elite,...
January 27, 2015
Yes, I'm remembering the six million Jews who were annihilated in the Holocaust, but I'm...
January 22, 2015
Mary listens to my pathetic plea and petitions her Son for me. At times, I...
January 16, 2015
We all have "four friends" in our lives – people who have scooped us up...
January 15, 2015
A regular stream of books crosses my desk every month, all with letters glowing with...
January 07, 2015
The Church tells us again and again to honor our fathers and mothers, and it...
January 05, 2015
Over the years, I've discovered that figuring out a new road to take is far...

December 2014

December 30, 2014
All during Advent, we read, talk, listen, and write about holding back on the Christmas...
December 29, 2014
Imagine what could happen if we took all that's good about us and resolved to...
December 23, 2014
Those words came back to me as I stood there, and I suddenly felt a...
December 18, 2014
Christmas card sending seems to be becoming more and more like a Wild West showdown...
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