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The Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
It was a tedious task, but it had to be done. Every summer, we would go through the motions of making large round hay bales, and eventually, in the course…
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The Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
One thing I’ve always found quite fascinating is the field of medicine, and medical practice in general. You’ve got all sorts of different individuals who are concerned with making things…
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The Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Eight years. At the outset of joining the seminary, that was what I was told it would take to get through, graduate, and be ordained a priest. Up front, even…
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The Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Caution! Warning! Danger! If you’ve ever seen a car, a tractor, or perhaps even a piece of heavy equipment, you’ve likely noticed an array of safety stickers. These stickers are…
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The Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Practice is something very essential to a good musician. Likely, many of you who play instruments or even use your voice for any sort of music know this very well.…
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The Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
If they had said it once, they had said it a hundred times. Mom and dad had said it time and time again: no playing ball in the house! Certainly,…
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The Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
It seemed like a semi-regular occurrence on the farm. I or my dad would be working on something, perhaps the plumbing or perhaps some of our equipment. We’d arrive at…
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The Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Many of you have likely heard about my past experiences as an organist, and perhaps have even heard me play at some point before. Now, while the way that I…
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Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
This past Monday, we celebrated the memorial of Saint Dominic, who, as you may be able to deduce, was the founder of the Dominican order. There are many different depictions…
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Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
With all of the heat, I am often thinking about what this meant on the farm: it was hay season. The work that we were taking on would shift dramatically.…