Lessons From the Craft Faire
II am something of a vagabond, and a few years ago I had recently moved to a new parish and was delighted to see what a great event…
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Let It Go
We’ve all been there. Someone cuts you off in traffic and almost causes an accident. Irresponsible fool. You can’t walk your dog at the local park because there…
Waiting for Perfection
“Oh Lord I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.” If you are Catholic…
Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity: Cultivating Virtues for Evangelizers
Have you ever witnessed a sporting event where a tremendously skilled team or player makes an amazing play–but blundered on the “easy” part? Think of a baseball player…
Saint Maximilian Kolbe; Apostle of Consecration to Mary
Everyone seems to know about Fr. Maximillian Kolbe killed at Auschwitz. But do you know his life and how devoted he was to evangelization? Father Kolbe was…
Golden Obedience
Make a Box out of acacia wood…. Cover it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all around it….Put the two stone tables inside…
For Ever and Ever
I am sometimes shocked when I hear people say things like “I want to live forever!” The ones who have that to say are usually young, have no…
God Has Plans for Us
That the blessed and only ruler will make manifest at the proper time, the King of kings and Lord of lords. (1 Timothy 6:15) Recently I saw…
Forgiveness
Sunday Readings for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 17. Just about everyone can recite the Lord’s Prayer from memory. That’s precisely the problem, though. We often…
Sin takes away freedom, but God makes us free
Freedom: the choice to do or not to do, to be or not to be. God wants us to be free, even if that means we are free…