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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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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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The Solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
This time of year, I always love the nostalgia that comes with all of the usual rhythm and routine of things. In particular, I can always remember our Thanksgiving traditions.…
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The Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
In going through eight years of seminary, you’d imagine that we get quite ready, by the time it is over, to jump out and leave. And, indeed, that was my…
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The Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
When I was younger, I and even still to this day, I often loved picking up a good book and reading for hours. Now, this wasn’t necessarily just any type…
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The Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
How do we show others that they are loved? There are so many different ways to answer that question, that it likely seems we could go on forever! Perhaps we…
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The Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
There are so many different things that one can learn on a farm, that it’s not surprising that there is some generational wisdom that is often passed down from one…
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The Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
It was a tedious task, but it had to be done. Every summer, we would go through the motions of making large round hay bales, and eventually, in the course…