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We have been beaten up plenty of late. Ash Wednesday and Lent is not here to pile on...
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If like Peter, we take what we see at first glance, if we rely on our perfunctory...
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When we are moved, with pity, with compassion or with awe, it is not just good, it is...
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Evil often is loud and in your face. It wants to look big and permanent. Evil will try...
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As we recognize the grace of God, so we are invited to turn toward this new thing, to...
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God is always ready to do a new thing when the circumstances call for it, and God has...
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The heavens have been torn open and so has the curtain in the Temple. We have been...
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Who is your star? Who got you here? The short answer, for many of us, is Jesus. But...
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Having experienced the incarnate word in the child Jesus, we now are charged with...
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The incarnation, both in its announcement to the world and in its execution by God is...
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What if we refuse this year to let Christmas end? If we were to live in a way that...