Hallowed, Not Haunted

When my grandmother was young, she and some friends visited a fortune teller at a carnival. The soothsayer foretold that my grandmother, Eva, would have

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money, economy, avarice, wealth, WWJD, rich

Beyond Greed

Almost all of us enjoy going into our favorite stores, around holiday times, to enjoy the scenery and items we may purchase each year.  Taking

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church, priest, ordination, mass, churches, thriving parish

Eight Days a Week

In December of 1964, the Beatles made the UK release of the song that would become their 7th number one hit in the US: “Eight

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sorrow, agony

Take Time for Reflection This Holy Week

After keeping the ritual of waving palm fronds on Palm Sunday to commemorate Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem, Christian believers (the practicing, the nominal, and

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war

Lent in the Holy Land

Ash Wednesday of 2017 fell on March 1.  On March 7, my wife and I were on a plane from Newark, New Jersey to Tel

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