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Choose to Fight the Battle Against Sin

Jer 38:4-6, 8-10; Heb 12:1-4; Lk 12:49-53 I was momentarily confused and disoriented in my early years of seminary formation before I received a consoling advice from a priest in the confessional. He said to me, “Choose the right battle and everything else will fall into place.” I felt so relieved when it dawned on […]

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The Problem in Recognizing Our Sins

We build skyscrapers, split the atom, design computers, and send men to the moon, but the most difficult and most important task remains undone, namely acknowledging our personal sins.  Pride, the most deceptive of the Seven Deadly Sins, creates the illusion that we are better than we are and therefore renders critical self-examination unnecessary.“ I […]

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My Leviathan

Here in Texas it’s spring (quickly approaching summer), and for the first time in my adult life I have sufficient space for a real vegetable garden.  My garden has become one of the greatest daily pleasures of this season.  It has been so delightful to go from thinking that I had, of course, already killed […]

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My Leviathan

Here in Texas it’s spring (quickly approaching summer), and for the first time in my adult life I have sufficient space for a real vegetable garden.  My garden has become one of the greatest daily pleasures of this season.  It has been so delightful to go from thinking that I had, of course, already killed […]

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The Works of God Made Visible

Randall Smith: The value of our lives and our society depends upon how we treat the weakest among us: the disabled, the elderly, the unborn.

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The Fascination of Ashes

Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas: Today’s a fitting prelude to the holy season and a fitting prelude to whatever remains of our life here below.

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