Run the Race
This was originally posted as a column on the Grandin Media website. A few years ago, I came across a book entitled “Fully Alive” by Ken Davis. I’m not sure…
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Spoiling the End(game)
This was originally posted as a column on the Grandin Media website. If you don’t follow superhero movies, you might not know why Avengers: Endgame is such a big deal…
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Easter Sunday Reflection: St. John Chrysostom’s Easter Sermon
Let all the devout, all who love God rejoice in this beautiful, bright Feast. Let the wise servants be glad and enter into the joy of their Lord. Let those…
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Ancient Homily for Holy Saturday
Liturgically speaking, Holy Saturday is the quietest day of the year – the time between Jesus’ death, and his resurrection which takes place at the Easter Vigil, technically Easter Sunday….
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Good Friday Reflection: The Power of Christ’s Blood (St. John Chrysostom)
You may not know that one of the promises clergy & religious make upon entering their vocation is to pray the Liturgy of the Hours (AKA Divine office.) This is…
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Meditation for Holy Thursday
Today is Holy Thursday, the beginning of the Easter Triduum, a three day feast which remembers for us the events of Christ’s Paschal mystery. Although we celebrate them over three…
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The Battle of Prayer
This was originally posted as a column on the Grandin Media website. Whenever Lent approaches, many Catholics begin conversing about the penances they will undertake – what we’re giving up…
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Lent 2019: Unfinished Business
This was originally posted as a column on the Grandin Media website. I’ll never forget the Christmas my parents gave me the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). While my best…
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The Better Part
This was originally posted as a column on the Grandin Media website. Without a doubt, one of my all-time favorite stories is J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. Of…
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What is Truth?
This was originally posted as a column on the Grandin Media website. If you’ve seen the movie Captain America: Civil War, you might recall that Captain America (Steve Rogers) is…