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The Fourth Sunday of Advent
“Verbum caro hic factum est.” This simple Latin phrase is prominently displayed on an altar inside the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth. The phrase, meaning “the Word here became…
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The Third Sunday of Advent
An empty house. The weekend at the school. After hours at the office. All of these buildings usually house an abundance of life and a flurry of activity normally. There…
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The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
In every Catholic Church throughout the world, you will find in a suitable place, a common element- some sort of sacred structure that we call a tabernacle- a place that…
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The Second Sunday of Advent
When it came to the sport of baseball, whenever I was playing it in my younger years, over time I found two profoundly different ways that you could play the…
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The First Sunday of Advent
To procrastinate, or to be proactive? That was often a question around the seminary. Many men in formation at the seminary would find themselves to be the procrastination crowd- they…
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Earthly and Heavenly Kingdoms
"Jesus answered, 'My kingdom does not belong to this world.'" (John 18:36) This is a truly amazing statement that Jesus makes in the Passion Narrative of John: My kingdom is…
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The Solemnity Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Who is in charge here? If you went back to my home on the farm, we'd largely point to our dad. However, he may not have been so quick to…
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The Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time
The fall season is really quite impressive isn’t it? Sure, there are a lot of temperature swings, some really, really hot days, and some very cold nights, but overall there…
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The Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time
During my time in seminary, I was known around the seminary for two reasons: if you needed technical help, or if you needed the organ played for something. Two very…
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A Vocation: A Call to Discipleship
Chapter four of the Gospel of Matthew begins with a beautiful story: the calling of the first disciples. Jesus is said to be walking by the Sea of Galilee, and…