Wednesday, April 3, 2013

A Song Amid Snow-covered Graves: Easter 2013 Part 2

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Holy Saturday was possibly the most fruitful day of the Easter Triduum for me this year. Usually this day always ended up being more full ...
Monday, April 1, 2013

Pope Francis at the Prison for Minors: Easter 2013 Part 1

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Easter caught me feeling pretty spiritually unprepared this year…as it did last year… Fortunately, the Holy Spirit showed me once more that ...
Sunday, February 17, 2013

A Pro-Life Texan's Argument against Capital Punishment

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Being a proud Texan, I never thought I’d see the day when I would be tempted to say I came from Arkansas. (I grew up in Texarkana, on the bo...
Friday, January 25, 2013

Spreading the Gospel of Joy by Playing in the Snow

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In honor of St. Francis de Sales, whose feast was yesterday (Jan. 24), and St. John Bosco, whose feast is next week (Jan. 31). A week ago...
Friday, December 21, 2012

Swords and Ploughshares

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So, as I mentioned in my last post, I’ve been watching The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe , the first of the recent film versions of C.S....
Sunday, December 16, 2012

Gaudete Sunday: Can We Rejoice in Times of Tragedy?

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The irony is unmistakable, even painful perhaps. After hearing of the school shooting in Connecticut, we now hear in Mass that we are to r...
Saturday, December 8, 2012

Always Winter and Never Christmas?

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Lately I’ve taken to watching the Chronicles of Narnia when I’m too tired to concentrate on homework. In today’s gray world, these storie...