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Back to the Spiritual Fundamentals

      If I told you I’m not doing spiritually well, what would you…


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Big Picture #5: Jesus Offers Friendship

        In the seminary, our moral theology professor said that many saints…


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Big Picture #4: Challenge to Evangelize

      Today’s Gospel says, “Some of the Pharisees… heard this and said to him,…


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Big Picture #3: Disciples Love Even When Tested

In the examination of conscience for Confession, one question is, ‘Did I get angry with God?’  A…


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Big Picture #2: Serving & Suffering for the Gospel

    When I was in Grade 12 at public school in Richmond, I didn’t…


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Big Picture #1: Worshipping God Alone

    Here’s a question to ponder: Who in our life frustrates us?  If we can…


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Culture of Life #4: Choosing to Love Persons

To finish our prolife series, St. John Paul II believed that the Culture of Death sees people…


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Culture of Life #3: The Light of Truth

      The most important person in the history of outlawing human slavery is…


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Culture of Life #2: Babies & Women are Persons

      In 2009, Karnamaya Mongar arrived in the U.S. as a refugee from Nepal.  Pregnant…


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Culture of Life #1: Tragedy into Hope

      Today, we begin our annual four-part pro-life series.  One time, my friend Stephanie…


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Healing from Wounds

      Today, we’re talking about healing from wounds, because we all have them,…


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Come, Be My Light

      This is Agnes Bojaxhiu, the future St. Mother Teresa.  At 18, leaving Albania by…


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Pray, Consider, Act

      Happy New Year, everyone! There is a famous story about St. Ignatius of…


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Is Jesus Enough for Us?

      Merry Christmas, everyone!  When I was a child, I remember one Christmas when…


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God Protects Us

      One Sunday when Jesse Romero was eight, his family finished Mass and…


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Loving with the Heart

  Three weeks ago, we talked about unequal relationships, where one person does all the…


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Knowing the God of Encouragement

      I once had a conversation with a Catholic who wasn’t practicing his…


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Making Decisions – Key to Spiritual Growth

      Today, we’re talking about the importance of making decisions.  In August, we mentioned…


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Loving Jesus with the Will, Intellect and Heart

    Today we begin with our fifth annual Christ the King Challenge, where we celebrate…


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Love Jesus, Love the Church

  We always talk about our relationship with Jesus and placing Him at the center…


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Great News for Our Deceased Loved Ones

  Every November 2 is All Souls Day for Catholics.  It’s the one day of the year dedicated…


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Proud & Humble Catholics

    Let me share three quick stories about God’s humbling my pride.  Years ago, when…


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Petitioning God to Change Us

  Remember this saying of Dr. Scott Hahn, which he paraphrased from St. Thérèse: God always…


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Thanking God Through Worship

    Jesus asks today, “Were not ten made clean?  But the other nine, where are they?  Was…


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Expecting Nothing in Return for a Life of Service

  Someone once told me that she wanted to move beyond a transactional relationship with…


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Aiming for the 3rd Mansion: Stability & Strength

  Today’s homily is about Jesus calling us to perfection.  Recently, I said to a good Catholic:…


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Anxious Generation #3: As Parents Go, So Go the Children

        Today is the third and final part of our series The Anxious…


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Anxious Generation #2: Strengthening Our Relationship with Jesus

      Today is the second homily in our series The Anxious Generation, in which…


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Anxious Generation #1: What’s Our Vision for Our Families?

  Dr. Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist, wrote about the first time he let his…


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Telling People About the Narrow Door

      “Jesus went through one town and village after another, teaching as he…


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