vacations

A Theology of Vacations

Many people taking vacations leave hearth and home for other locales.  But my recent vacation took me home. I recently returned to the parish I

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prayer, discernment, holiness, praying, intercessory prayer, thanksgiving

Refresh and Renew

Lately I’ve been on a cleaning spree! Door knobs, window sills, nooks, crannies, and everything in between have gotten a major scrubbing. Soap, water, and

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listening

A Woman Mentored by Jesus

The exchange between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well found in Jn 4: 4-26 reveals Jesus`s mastery of personal evangelism through conversation. The

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homelessness, poverty, neighbor

The Hearts Of Many Will Wax Cold

Scripture warns us clearly that in the last days, charity will suffer. Matthew 24:12 “Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.”

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chapel, altar, worship, prayer

I Remember, I Remember!

‘I remember, I remember the house where I was born, the little window where the sun came peeping in at dawn’. (Thomas Hood – 1826)

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