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A Eucharistic Word: Tabernacle
While praying in our pew after Communion during a recent Sunday Mass, our 6-year-old son decided to administer a pop quiz to his willing little sister. “What was the first […]
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It’s Not Your Life, It’s Not Your Death, It’s Not Your Choice
When I was an auxiliary bishop in the Los Angeles archdiocese some years ago, the state of California was militating in favor of physician-assisted suicide. During the campaign, while driving […]
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Christ, True God and True Man, Is in Our Midst
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time The First Book of Samuel is the source of the first reading for this weekend. Originally, First and Second Samuel were one volume. At some […]
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Don’t Weaponize the Blessing of Couples
What would you do if you saw a fellow Catholic walk over to a holy water font, pull out a squirt gun, fill it up with holy water, and begin […]
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Saluting the Chroniclers: Put 2024 on Paper
He began at the beginning: “Left St. Paul Jan. 23rd 98 at 4:30 p.m.” In a leather-bound journal, his neat cursive scrolled in pencil across graph paper, Frank Storms charted […]
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Five Events in 2024 to Help Us Be Better Catholics
As we flip the calendar to 2024, I must admit the thought of the coming 12 months fill me with a certain amount of dread. Entering into another election year, […]
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Epiphany Celebrates the Salvation God Has Offered to Us All
Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord This weekend, the Church invites us to celebrate the feast of the Epiphany of the Lord, one of the most revered feasts in […]
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Living the Joy like St. Philip Neri
It was just before Pentecost in 1544, and a young man named Philip was praying in the catacombs of the Church of St. Sebastian in Rome. As he immersed himself […]
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Whether It’s Abortion or Blessings, ‘Accompaniment’ Will Be Messy
It’s not an easy discussion, but it’s one Catholics should have. The United States just watched an abortion drama in Texas that ended when 31-year-old Kate Cox, then more than […]
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Remembering, and Missing, Pope Benedict XVI
A year out from his death, I dearly miss Pope Benedict XVI. He was the pope of my coming of age. The generation of priests above me feel this way about […]
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It Is Never too Late to Turn to Christ to Seek His Mercy
Fourth Sunday of Advent The first reading for this weekend is from the Second Book of Samuel. Once, the two Books of Samuel were a single volume. Translations through the […]
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Christmas in Solidarity with Christians in the Holy Land
As in all too many Christmases past, sobriety blankets the city of Bethlehem, where Christ’s birth is jubilantly celebrated each year. The joyous preparations that typically mark the approach of […]