A Talk Given for Legatus 8 January 2020 Everybody is wounded in some way—emotionally, psychologically—everybody. That is part of the human condition. And when you realize that, it calms you, because you realize it’s normal. And part of the unhappiness of life is thinking that you have been dealt an
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A Homily for the Second Sunday of Lent, Year A Bear your share of hardship for the gospel with the strength that comes from God. –2 Timothy 1:8b– Years ago, I happened to find a quotation that since then has intrigued me. It comes from someone named Helen M. Luke,
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A Homily for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C When the days for his being taken up were fulfilled, he [i.e. Jesus] resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem, and he sent messengers ahead of him. On the way they entered a Samaritan village to prepare for his reception
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July 1999 The babble of some people is like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise is healing. –Proverbs 12:18– Introduction I always felt a secret twinge of regret that my poor eyesight prevented me from following in my surgeon father’s footsteps. But after
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