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Table Fellowship
Holy Saturday… we wait, anticipating Christ Jesus’ glorious resurrection. And we prepare: homemade breads and cakes, handcrafted butter, eggs from our hens and honey from our bees. All done in...
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The lost… and that which survives
An April 13th article by Fr. Benedict Kiely, Catholic Herald caught my attention this week. Entitled “The Cross ISIS couldn’t destroy”, the piece transported me back to so many parts of Syria that we...
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The Perfect Prayer
Many years ago, while still a member of the laity (in fact, the diaconate wasn’t even on my radar), I had settled into my pew a few minutes early before Mass, finished a brief prayer, then read the...
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In the “Moment”
Our rollout of the @deaconspeaking Twitter Team account in the diocese has been proceeding smoothly. We have received good recognition: retweets, likes and profile visits by many Twitter users. Each...
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4 Spiritual benefits…
A post on aleteia really made me pause to think about our relationship to the natural world. The article 4 Spiritual benefits of modern homesteading hit close to home. Here in our rural area of upstate...
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Our Civil Religion Tradition
The Bridges column of the July 2017 Sojourners magazine gave me pause to think more deeply about how we, as Americans, expect and embrace leaders in our nation who “draw freely from religious language...
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“lead us not into temptation”
The Our Father & Pope Francis’ Suggested Change When I read about the Pope’s suggested change from: “lead us not into temptation” to “God help us not to fall into temptation,” made sense to me and...
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The Best Lenten Season Ever!
THE SECRET TO A GREAT LENT When a helping hand is “giving alms” – a selfless gesture of true generosity. How Can I Make My Lenten Resolutions Truly Meaningful? On our Lenten Journey we are called to...
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Our life here on earth: an exile from our Heavenly Homeland?
“Christ the Man of Sorrows” Colijn de Coter, 1500 Many believe that our life here on earth is an exile from our Heavenly Homeland and since sin entered the world we have been deprived of our heavenly...
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