Ideally, we spent Lent trying to live differently. We “gave stuff up” or added something new, but all for the purpose of living differently and in a new way. Lent is not a time of
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On Diaconate Ordination and the Fear of Missing Out
As ol’ Jimmy loves pointing out, today marks 38 days until the 8 of us from Joliet are ordained deacons. (Click here for the details) It’s pretty crazy to think that in just over
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“Don’t Worry” – Yeah, Easy for Jesus to Say (The Litany of Trust)
I struggle with trust. People who struggle with trust usually also are pretty good at nervous breakdowns. I have to be perfect. I have to do everything by myself. I will fix myself. I will
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Rethinking Peter: Fisherman and Chief
Today is the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter. A feast for a chair? What a Catholic thing. Of course, this feast does not celebrate a literal chair but rather the person of St. Peter
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“Henceforth, All Generations Will Call Me Blessed”: Nazareth
Greetings from Nazareth! We’re in week 4 of our 9 week pilgrimage in the Holy Land and it’s been incredible so far. We’re staying with the Sisters of Nazareth whose convent is right across the
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Songs for a New World
In 1995, James Robert Brown premiered his first musical, Songs for a New World, off-broadway at the WPA Theatre. This isn’t a musical like most others whose songs and book follow a set plot line. Instead,
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And God said, “You’re good.”
“Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. And they watched him, to see whether he would heal him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him.
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Leave What’s Heavy Behind and Take Advantage of Christmas
One of the reasons I’ve heard for not saying “Merry Christmas” – at Christmas Masses of all places – is because, for many people, the events of the last year may make it so that
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“Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant”: A Farewell to My Friend Mike
I am grateful to Mike’s wife, Eileen, for her permission to publish this here. There really is nothing like the view of the setting sun from the fourth floor North Elevator lobby at Advocate Good
