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The Baptism of the Lord
A couple of years ago, when I had the chance to visit the Holy Land with my brother seminarians, we saw many things that we expected- and they looked about…
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The Epiphany of the Lord
We’ve all probably been there: we’ve had that problem that we just can’t seem to figure out. A strange constellation of events that seem to have no correlation. Maybe we…
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The Holy Family
August 2012. That was the month and the year that my life changed in a tremendous way. There had been plenty of other changes before that time- graduating, starting jobs,…
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The Nativity of the Lord
I was always thrilled when this time of year came around. All sorts of activity, hustle, and bustle, and let’s not forget the extra activities. Baking, shopping, wrapping… it brings…
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The Fourth Sunday of Advent
“Verbum caro hic factum est.” This simple Latin phrase is prominently displayed on an altar inside the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth. The phrase, meaning “the Word here became…
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The Third Sunday of Advent
An empty house. The weekend at the school. After hours at the office. All of these buildings usually house an abundance of life and a flurry of activity normally. There…
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The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
In every Catholic Church throughout the world, you will find in a suitable place, a common element- some sort of sacred structure that we call a tabernacle- a place that…
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The Second Sunday of Advent
When it came to the sport of baseball, whenever I was playing it in my younger years, over time I found two profoundly different ways that you could play the…
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The First Sunday of Advent
To procrastinate, or to be proactive? That was often a question around the seminary. Many men in formation at the seminary would find themselves to be the procrastination crowd- they…
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Earthly and Heavenly Kingdoms
"Jesus answered, 'My kingdom does not belong to this world.'" (John 18:36) This is a truly amazing statement that Jesus makes in the Passion Narrative of John: My kingdom is…