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Easter Vigil 2024

I like the TV shows where they flip housesYou know, the ones I am talking aboutThere is a group of people who go into a messed-up houseThey tear down lots of thingsAnd then they repair it.Building the house back up … Continue reading

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Good Friday 2024

Wow!The Passion of our Lord is amazingAnd today, I want to share something with you from my favorite homilyIt is an ancient homilyAnd even to this day, we still do not know the author’s name Exerts from an ancient Homily … Continue reading

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These Forty Days

These forty daysThe neverending feeling of a desertNow, I don’t know about you, but it is sometimes hard for me to get behind the image of a desert during LentI come from a small town in the Panhandle of TexasIt … Continue reading

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From Gruver to Meinrad

Have you ever been called?Not called like on the phoneBut, called to something specialOr maybe you are a person who has been asked?It seems that the world is full of people who askThat is goodBut, a call, like I am … Continue reading

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Animals in the Manger?

I have been thinking a lot lately about Nativity scenesLook down here at this oneIt is beautifulAnd not only attracts the eye but also attracts the heartWhen I look at a manger scene, I am reminded of this quote in … Continue reading

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Vocation

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time November 5, 2023 Mal 1:14b-2:2b, 8-10; Ps 131; 1 Thes 2:7b-9, 13; Matt 23:1-12 It’s been a little different for me these past few weeks Three weekends ago, I found myself in Indianapolis Teague and … Continue reading

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Sunday School Answers

Sunday School AnswersMy Dad used to use this phrase often when referring to answers that don’t seem to have any depth.And, Brothers and SistersOur Gospel today has a lot of opportunities to give some Sunday School answers.Answers like…Jesus did a … Continue reading

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The Signature (Pt 2)

One of the Saints that I think about often is Saint Therese of Lisieux.  She has a special place in my heart for many reasons.   A few of these reasons I will describe below. Three years ago in February, … Continue reading

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Family

Today, the Church celebrates the feast of The Holy Family. Teague and I had the opportunity to celebrate at St. Joseph Parish in Cerrillos, New Mexico. Today’s readings focus on the family and at times spoke to me deeply. They … Continue reading

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ZENIT – Can Neo-Scholastics Transform Economy?

ZENIT – Can Neo-Scholastics Transform Economy? With an economic crisis that never seems to end and financial markets ever more volatile, it is an appropriate time to consider if anything is lacking in economic theory. John D. Mueller did just … Continue reading

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