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Several years ago, a colleague of mine suffered a crushing disappointment. Her instinctual temptation was towards anger, towards shutting a…
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Archdiocesan News
As a seminarian, I was privileged one summer to take a course from the renowned liturgist, Godfrey Diekmann. This was…
Messages and Homilies
Episcopal Ordination of the Most Reverend Stephen Andrew Hero Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Homily [Hosea 11:1-4,…
Home is more than a house or a place on a map. It’s a place in the heart, the place…
Often when listening to someone singing live or on television, I close my eyes to try to hear the song…
Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in…
Gloria Steinem once confessed that, while never having been overweight, she has always been concerned about her weight because the…
It is not enough today to be merely a saint; we must have a saintliness demanded by the present moment.…
Imagine a young couple intoxicated with each other in the early stages of love. Imagine a religious neophyte in love…
Ten years before his death in 1996, Henri Nouwen was beset by a depression that nearly broke him. While in…