Sometimes people will confess that they “didn’t get their prayers in” on certain occasions. When you think of “saying your prayers,” what come to …
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The following homily was given to Scouts gathered at the Chapel of the Twelve Apostles on the H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation in Osceola, …
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“You crazy Catholics… you have so many rules!” Have you ever heard that? It makes it seem like following God’s plan is some kind …
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This homily was given at Masses on the first weekend at my new parish of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Kansas City, Kansas. Today’s …
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We often think of a prophet as someone who foretells the future. Sometimes they do that. But in the biblical sense, a prophet is …
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By the late 17th century, Catholics had become so convinced of their own unworthiness that they thought no one was worthy to receive the …
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John the Baptist was strange. He wore strange clothes and ate strange food. He is called the greatest prophet in history, and yet he …
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June 24th is the Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. With “Shawn” being the Irish version of “John,” today is my …
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Today we celebrate the the Solemnity of the Body and Blood and Christ, Corpus Christi in Latin. We might expect to find readings like …
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Sometimes we think of the Trinity as an obscure theological dogma that was probably invented sometime long after Jesus. While it may have taken …