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Barbara Padolina January 2, AD2022 1 Comment

I have heard it said many a time that when God closes a door, He opens a window. While this may be the case in

Dom Cingoranelli January 20, AD2021 2 Comments

Living in a Luke 12:53 moment? I use that term to refer broadly to our current cultural milieu. We live in a time when we

Larry Peterson December 17, AD2020 5 Comments

Imagine you are living in Nazareth 2,000 years ago. You awaken one morning and notice a man packing items on a donkey in preparation for

Deacon John Bacon January 18, AD2020 No Comments

The Feast of the Holy Family is one of the important celebrations of the Christmas Season – in fact, it is my personal favorite. It

Carol Monaco December 30, AD2018 1 Comment

When the Son of God was born, He entered the human world and became the loving, obedient Son of Mary and Joseph. Let us ponder

Patrick Malone December 16, AD2017 6 Comments

After two millennia, our veneration of Mary might make it somewhat difficult to imagine how St. Joseph might have seen her when he first heard

Deacon Greg Lambert December 7, AD2017 1 Comment

This is the second installment in a trilogy of articles written under the banner of “Three Chords and the Truth”. The first article, “Angels and

Scott Eric Alt January 8, AD2016 58 Comments

Pope Francis has, once again, gotten himself in trouble with those bloggers who are often more than ready to criticize his every word. This time,

Joel and Lisa Schmidt December 19, AD2014 5 Comments

Not even ten minutes pass after Mass, and you find yourself sitting in the parish hall breaking up an argument between the kids who are

Karol Henseler Orsborn January 10, AD2014 8 Comments

During a recent homily, the priest told a story that I feel is extremely profound and important for today, perhaps even more so than he

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