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Thankful for Today

Most of us know, gratitude is something to cultivate. The reality is, few of us...

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Perfect Timing

So yesterday was the anniversary of my mom's birth, and death. One year ago today,...

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Around the Dinner Table

These days, I value ordinary conversations. They're becoming an endangered species. I used to listen...

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Growing Hurts, but it’s worth it

Any time we've made spiritual progress, we should expect to be tested and will probably...

August 19, 2025

Selling Everything, Surrendering the “That”

Every year we hear this gospel about the rich good young man who went away...

August 04, 2025

Start Asking

Last week, we heard my favorite Gospel passage. “Ask and you shall receive, seek and...

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January 04, 2025

Indulgences in a Jubilee Year…Reflections

2025 is a Jubilee year of hope, declared by Pope Francis. With such years, there...

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January 1st, Restart on 2025

So I just came back from a ten day trek to Texas and back to...

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November 05, 2024

A Prayer Before The Election

That we remember that each person in this land, is our brother or sister in...

October 2024

October 23, 2024

We Do Not Understand Inexhaustible Love

Going to adoration is the shortest route to coming to know Him better outside of...

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July 29, 2024

To Olympics, Vacation, and Outrage

There's been a ton of internet ink spilled on the opening ceremonies of the 2024...

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December 29, 2023

What Proves Nothing

A famous soccer player hurt themselves six minutes into their final game and declared this...

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July 18, 2023

The Bruised Reed World

Last week, I irritated people online. Some people who profess to be Catholic were engaged...

June 2023

June 20, 2023

Praying for a Friend Anyway

A high school friend I reconnected with on Facebook just posted, that cancer is going...

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April 02, 2023

How Can We Not Drink?

Jesus repeats his prayer three times, "Father if it is your will, take this cup...

February 2023

February 16, 2023

The World Keeps Thinking It Knows But it Does Not

"We have met the enemy and it is us."--Pogo. I remember reading Pogo as a...

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August 10, 2022

Sometimes You Need to Yell at God, but Don’t Worry, He can Take it.

Having gone to confession today, I recognized that I needed to yell at God. Not...

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June 07, 2022

We Are Not Called to Win

Just a reminder to all who want to follow Christ, who want to be disciples. ...

January 2022

January 31, 2022

The Joy Project

Honestly, we're not done with this pandemic. We're not done and we're so tired and...

January 06, 2022

500 Words

Runners run, chefs cook, writers write. I've been off my writer's game since before Christmas. ...

November 2021

November 29, 2021

The Lie of the Incurable Nature of Us

In the parking lot after the first Sunday of Advent, my teen saw a car...

November 11, 2021

The Invisible Nature of Witness

Why I ordered new pants today... So I called my mom today and we visited. ...

November 08, 2021

The Weight of a Millstone

We hear the Gospels but we've heard them so often, sometimes we've lost our imaginative...

November 06, 2021

Going to the Well, Admitting I’m Thirsty

The problem with being a writer is, you have your past words to remind you...

October 2021

October 29, 2021

So I Started This Morning a Beautiful Poetic Post About…

How we are the both ands, not either We are to love God first,...

October 20, 2021

For What We Were Made

We were made for love, not use. This first reality of our being, is the...

October 08, 2021

Spirograph Brave

Back when I was five or six, Mom took me for a necessary vaccination. I...

October 03, 2021

How to Make Sure You’re Living

Recently, I read a post on Zombie Marriages, and reminding people not to go through...

September 2021

September 04, 2021

Moments We hope They Remember

Today, my youngest came to me feeling only stress. After she told me all her...

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Okay…I’m Sort Of Back

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