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…
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The Angry Mob
A number of years ago, I had the privilege of acting in an Easter production of the life of Christ entitled Love According to John. This musical featured a cast…
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Why did Jesus have to die?
In the Bible (and in the biblical era), the concept of “sonship” is an important one. A son is more than an heir to the possessions of his father –…
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Lead us Not Into Temptation part 2
Yesterday, I posted part I of a reflection on the temptations of Jesus where, at the beginning of the Gospel, the devil lays our trap after trap for Jesus… who…
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Lead Us Not Into Temptation…
For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin….
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Blessed Chaos
One of the great treasures of our faith is a legacy of beautiful art which tries to both point us to the One who is infinitely beautiful – and to…
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Lessons From Star Wars: The Stony Heart
“…show that you are a letter of Christ, prepared by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on…