Last week, I had the chance to travel to Wichita, KS with the youth group from Notre Dame in Clarendon Hills for a week of mission work with 350 high school students and chaperones from
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Notre Dame School Farewell Reflection: We Come to Share Our Story
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The “Crazy Stuff that Happens on my Day Off” File: Ryan Eats Pizza with the Pest Control Guy
So there I was, just returning from my day off run to Woodgrain in Westmont (so good, btw) and getting ready to eat when someone knocks on the door. It took me a minute to
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Audio: “Take Courage, I Have Conquered the World”
Here’s my reflection from Mass this morning: Jesus’ conquering of the world is not an absent or passive conquering, one that means something for someone long ago and far away. Jesus has conquered YOUR world;
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Jesus: Cruise Director or God of the Trenches?
I recently read an article comparing the reality of family life as seen through the lens of two major corporations, Coca-Cola and Durex. Coca-Cola’s ads are routinely pro-life and, without a doubt, pro-family. Durex is
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Audio: Holy Saturday Reflection
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Judas in You, Judas in Me
Then Judas the Iscariot, one of his disciples, and the one who would betray him, said, “Why was this oil not sold for three hundred days’ wages and given to the poor?†He said this
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For the Hypocrites, Everyday is Palm Sunday
As the pastor of my internship parish noted in his homily for this Palm Sunday, today the Church gives us a liturgy with a bit of a “split personality.” At the beginning of the procession
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God Loves You, but…
And now this from St. Augustine: “If you love me, follow me. ‘I do love you,’ you protest, ‘but how do I follow you?’ If the Lord your God said to you: ‘I am the