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The Season of Hope.
What can one say about Christmas that is even remotely adequate to the mystery of God’s eternal and all-powerful love come into the world...
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Dec 142 min read
God is forever faithful
From Safari, The Third Sunday of Advent is known as Gaudete (Rejoice) Sunday, marking the half-way point through the Sundays of Advent....
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Dec 73 min read
Reflections on Mary
Alice was a precocious three year old with a large family who surrounded her with love. Maybe ten years ago now, Alice came to Mass on...
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Nov 302 min read
salvation is for all people
From Safari…… Today we begin a new liturgical year. The gospel writer Luke will be our primary guide this year. Luke is credited with...
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Nov 233 min read
INRI
These letters often appear above the head of Jesus on the Cross. They are initials for the Latin phrase Iesus Nazorenus Rex Iudeaorum or...
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Nov 162 min read
It’s not the end of the world
It’s not the end of the world, you know. The words sounded empty to Rebecca. After spending several years and income obtaining an...
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Nov 103 min read
Daily encounters
My brother called last week to say: “I heard you were in an accident.” How did he know that so soon? I guess standing on Division Street...
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Nov 22 min read
Loving God
Smartphones are an almost miraculous device. It plays music, it talks, it takes videos and photos, it can pay our bill at the restaurant,...
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Oct 272 min read
Voting with a Catholic Conscience – Part II
As Catholics, we must never be afraid of bringing our faith into the public square – but precisely as Catholics. That is, we witness to...
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Oct 222 min read
Living God's Will
“Go and make disciples of all the.nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit!” Such is our...
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Oct 123 min read
Voting with a Catholic Conscience
Voting with a Catholic Conscience – Part I [taken from the Minnesota Catholic Conference, the public policy voice of the Bishops of...
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Oct 52 min read
Marriage matters
A story is told of an anthropologist who lived for a time among the natives of northern Siberia. He was frequently accosted by giggling...
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Sep 283 min read
October’s Respect Life Month
“I’m sorry you are living.” As October’s Respect Life Month approaches each year, I go back to that sentence from the cover of a card I...
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Sep 212 min read
Who is the greatest?
From safari……. Who is the greatest? What does it mean to be better than another? A footrace can determine the better runner. Grades are...
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Sep 142 min read
“Catechetical Sunday”
I shared some of this in a recent FlockNote, but I hope it reaches others through our bulletins. “Catechetical Sunday” is an annual...
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Sep 72 min read
The words we speak
From safari…. Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me, a well-known children's rhyme proclaims. The truth is...
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Aug 313 min read
Building the Church at Home
In the coming Central Minnesota Catholic magazine, you’ll see a picture of me with Legos. You can read the story – about being curious...
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Aug 243 min read
The choices we make
Let the festivals begin. Over the next few weeks each of our One in Christ parishes has a festival. Take time today to checkout the...
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Aug 92 min read
It's all about choices!
From Safari……. Choices: Chips, pop, and remote, or Fruit, water, and weights. What we do and eat affects our health. The National...
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Aug 33 min read
There's power in prayer
Three times he tried to leave his seemingly fruitless labors in the parish. The people there laughed at him, ignored him, started vicious...
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