“Certainly sons are a gift from the LORD, the fruit of the womb, a reward” (Psalm 127:3, NABRE)   Catholic Schools Week will be celebrated in our Diocese from Jan. 29 through Feb 4.  I was very blessed to have attended eight years of Catholic school in my small hometown.  ...
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An “epiphany” is a revealing moment that changes our perception. I have always loved the Feast of the Epiphany.  When I think of the visitors kneeling before the Christ child with their gifts, I recall my own personal epiphanies – those times in my life when I was compelled t...
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A few weeks ago my 7-year-old grandson was sick and had to miss a couple of days of school. By the time day two rolled around he was beginning to feel a little better and decided he needed a “to do” list. His mom took a picture of the list and sent it to me via text message. Among the m...
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Although light always plays an important part of our lives, I find myself focusing more on light during the season Advent and Christmas seasons. I enjoy seeing the little town where we live decorated with all the colored or white lights.  We live on a street where a family really enjoys that d...
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Music is such a part of life and, in a special way, this particular season of Advent.   Very often we will be singing the words to “O Come, O Come Emmanuel.”  This song, so much a part of our tradition, lends itself to much reflection.  Even the introduction, which i...
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“The Church is a family of families, constantly enriched by the lives of all those domestic churches.” – Pope Francis   “Leave your country, your family and your father’s house, for the land I will show you”. This scripture passage from the book Genesis hold...
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As I sat in the pew listening to the homily on the thirty-second Sunday in ordinary time, I struggled to focus. You see, the week before on Sunday morning, as I was leaving church, I received the news that my sister was on a life-flight helicopter enroute to University of Louisville hospital. As I...
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December 12th is not a normal day for Catholics from Latin America, most especially from México. The expectation built before December 12th and the preparations for the coming celebration are beyond telling! December 12th is a day full of happiness, color, dance, food, and of manifestations of...
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El 12 de Diciembre no es un día normal para los Católicos de América Latina, especialmente de México. ¡La expectativa generada antes del 12 de Diciembre y los preparativos para la celebración van más allá de lo que podemos imagin...
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The dryer in our rental house stopped working recently, and we haven’t decided if we will replace it yet. So I have found myself at the laundromat in the past few weeks.  This may be a problem for some, but I have come to realize many different things while I wait for the clothes to go t...
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