No Words…
Death has always been an awkward topic for me. This is due partly because death is hard on all of us: both the reminder of our own mortality and the…
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Prisoner #16670
St. Maximilian Kolbe is one of my heroes… so every year I “bump” this post in his honor. If you’ve ever studied World War II, you’ve probably heard of Auschwitz….
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Growing Up
As a child, I spent my share of time in the local ER getting fixed up, to the point that my parents claim the staff knew me on sight. I…
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Teach us to pray: Glory be…
It’s not a very long prayer – but chances are, if you’ve ever been at a Catholic event like sacramental preparation, youth ministry gathering, or any other parish meeting –…
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God gives us more than we can handle
I came across a quote a number of years ago that is often (erroneously) attributed to Mother Teresa: “I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I…
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Hail Mary
When I began to seriously investigate my faith, one of the things I was really struck by was Pope St. John Paul II’s devotion to Mary. It seemed like every…
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Teach us to Pray: The Sign of the Cross
At the beginning of the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie (the Curse of the Black Pearl), Captain Jack Sparrow sails into Port Royal on a small, barely seaworthy boat….
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To Boldly Go…
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year (continuing) mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to…
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Lord, teach us to pray….
“Lord, teach us to pray…” -John 11:1 Since I don’t remember going through it myself, it has been a fascinating exercise observing my children as they learn how to speak….
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Sons, Servants, and Robin Hood
A student recently asked me why the most recent translation of the Mass prefaces the Our Father with these words: …at the Savior’s command, and formed by divine teaching, we…