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August 17, 2025: The Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
I’m almost sheepish to admit it, but in the Belken household, one movie franchise reigned supreme above all others: Star Wars. We watched it over and over again. If you…
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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: The Fourth Sunday of Lent
When we think of ourselves, we like to think that we are strong- like an impenetrable fortress, unable to be moved of swayed by any sort of force. Staunch and…
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March 23, 2025: The Third Sunday of Lent
As our temperatures are slowly climbing back into comfortable territory, I can’t help but find myself reminiscing on some of the past plants and gardening I did when I was…
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March 16, 2025: The Second Sunday of Lent
If you’ve ever been to the St. Louis Cathedral Basilica, you know how glorious it is. There are tons of mosaics, statues, and all sorts of marble to look at.…
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March 9, 2025: The First Sunday of Lent
In the face of temptations- what do you do? I remember in particular having a series of strong temptations, during my thirty-day silent retreat of all things. You see, during…
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March 5, 2025: Ash Wednesday
Every time we go through a new year, it seems that one of the hallmarks of the occasion is to plan out our “New Years Resolutions.” The concept of these…
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The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
If you’ve ever made the move from being at home to being away, say at college, you know all too well what a big step that can be to move…
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December 25, 2024: The Nativity of the Lord
Ebenezer Scrooge was a difficult man, to say the least. He seemed only to care about profits over persons, and in all reality, he couldn’t care less about his neighbor,…
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December 8, 2024: The Second Sunday of Advent
If you’ve ever gone through the steps of putting up a tree, you know it is a fairly lengthy and involved process. You have to dog out that long, skinny…