Resources & Articles

Getting Comfortable with Silence
Getting Comfortable with Silence
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Everyone in black. Precise movements. Dignity by both clergy and the people present. All the women in hats (of one sort or another). No one looking at a phone. Everyone... Read more...
Therefore We Are Gods
Therefore We Are Gods
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The mercy of God exceeds our religious imagination. For we conceive of religion as moral behavior, deeds of justice, setting right things that are wrong, and doing what should be... Read more...
Holy Week in the Western Tradition
Holy Week in the Western Tradition
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A Brief Synopsis Holy Week consists of two parts: the first four days, beginning with Palm Sunday; and the Triduum Sacrum (“holy three days”), which celebrate with particular solemnity Our... Read more...
Making Use of Lent
Making Use of Lent
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However hard this past year has been, it has been necessary for our health and the health of others. We have sacrificed much: our movements, our usual interactions, our normal... Read more...
Breaking Through Broken
Breaking Through Broken
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Has the coronavirus broken you—your habit of prayer, your attendance at Mass (either in person or via livestream), and your desire for the Holy Sacraments. Has it made “living-room church”... Read more...
Loving Enemies
Loving Enemies
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Love your enemies. That statement by Jesus is unique to Christianity. What is even more unique is how that statement is lived. We see ‘love your enemies’ when we look... Read more...
Standing With The Mistreated
Standing With The Mistreated
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These past few days I’ve had on my mind, close to my heart, and in my prayers my former parishioners at the Lutheran parish I served for 11 years in... Read more...
This Week’s Fast
This Week’s Fast
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Unique to the Western tradition are the “Embertide” fasts. These fasts occur quarterly, and encompass Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday for the appointed four weeks. Those weeks are: the third week... Read more...
Taking Care
Taking Care
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The Sacraments are essential to your life. This means that they maintain not just your spiritual well-being but your entire welfare. For our life is lived toward one goal: to... Read more...
The Finding of the Holy Cross (May 3)
The Finding of the Holy Cross (May 3)
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There are two feasts of the Holy Cross that are celebrated in the Western Rite calendar. The one shared with the Eastern Rite is September 14, which we know as... Read more...
Meeting Fear: Easter I homily
Meeting Fear: Easter I homily
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Fear paralyzed the disciples. That is why they locked themselves in the upper room. They were afraid of the same folks who had conspired and come out against Jesus. Their... Read more...
Jesus & Satan in Hades
Jesus & Satan in Hades
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As Our Lord Jesus Christ descends into hell, the devil says, “Who are you? You look like an ordinary human, but you stride about like someone who’s in charge. Are... Read more...