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The Fourth Sunday of Advent
Likely, many of you are going through a familiar ritual right now, or have just recently went through it. Any time you have a guest over, there are a series…
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The Fourth Sunday of Advent
We’ve probably all heard that very simple encouragement: Just have faith! Whenever it comes to a difficult moment in life or one that can seem a bit odd or even…
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The Third Sunday of Advent
As a musician, I very much enjoy working with the different hymns that we have throughout the different seasons. Yet, I truly enjoy the Advent Season. The Advent Hymns within…
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The Second Sunday of Advent
One of the most fascinating things that I have ever seen on our family farm, even to this day, has been watching my dad call the cattle in. It seems…
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The First Sunday of Advent
Not too long ago, a moment of wonder occurred to me: how many individuals have tried to predict the end of the world? Almost instantly, I found myself on the…
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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 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…