Worship and Sacraments
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In the game of life, are you a spectator or a player? 4th Lent A 2020
I was a perpetual bench sitter on the b-team basketball team in the high school seminary. I think the coach was kind in letting me be on the team. but I was never good enough to do much but sit and watch the games from the sidelines. And if the truth were told, I think…
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What was it like to be Lazarus? 5th Lent A 2020
What was it like to be Lazarus, after he was raised from the dead? If you have ever had a cast or used crutches or had a sling – you know part of the answer. Endless questions – and they are mostly the same – the how, where, when, how soon till the cast is…
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Why did the Samaritan woman go to the well at the hottest time of the day?
Why did that Samaritan woman go to the well at noon, right during the heat of the day? Because she heard a shipment of toilet paper had just arrived there… Of all the responses to the COVID-19…
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Penance and Reconciliation
This resource from USCCB encourages reflection of the Sacrament of Penance and includes questions for an examination of conscience.
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How often do you think about dust? Ash Wed. 2020
We don’t think much about dust, do we? O sure, we see it floating in the air currents on a lazy winter afternoon when the windows are shut, the house is still and the light is streaming in. But it is just a tiny MOTE of dust.
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Do you ever need a new “Map”? 3rd Sunday of Advent 2019
I was nine days ordained. And already I knew I needed a new map for my priesthood. (“That didn’t take long!” a voice in my head said with a kind of sigh.) It was Christmas eve, after the 5pm mass at….