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May 4, 2025: Fooling Around and Fishing

We spend too much time looking for other ways to be happy- the way we've been given in the risen Christ has been with us all along. Do we love…
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April 27, 2025: The Difference Mercy Can Make

In worldly terms, "mercy" tends to be a feeling... but is that feeling what God wants us to experience and give one another?
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April 20, 2025: In A Tomb Our Own

Why didn't the disciples yet understand the scriptures? Why couldn't they find it in themselves to believe in the truly amazing things that had happened that Easter morning?
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April 19: 2025: This is the Night

Why is this night different than any other? What do the events of this night do to change our lives?
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April 18, 2025: Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion

Can the Cross help us to see anything more clearly?
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April 17, 2025: Holy Thursday

What makes us different as Catholics? Amongst many things, there are two important ones that we celebrate on Holy Thursday.
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April 13, 2025: Asking “Why”

What is all of this business about on holy week? Why a colt, and why so many of the other mysteries that we encounter?
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April 6, 2025: Handling Mistakes Like A Disciple

If we are honest, we've all messed up (I have plenty of my own stories!). Do we handle those mistakes as fools, as liars, or as authentic disciples?
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April 6, 2025: The Fifth Sunday of Lent
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April 6, 2025: The Fifth Sunday of Lent

Mistakes happen, I guess! I remember one particular mistake I made as vividly as if it were yesterday. I was changing out machinery with one of our tractors, and I…
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March 30, 2025: From A Puppy’s Eyes

If you delve into the Prodigal Son, perhaps the path to understanding and receiving God's love isn't as complicated as we might make it out to be!
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