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
Read moreI Look Forward to the Resurrection of the Dead
A Homily for Easter As you may know, the Church teaches that Jesus’ death on the Cross means that the souls He has redeemed can at last enter paradise. From the time of Adam’s fall until Good Friday, the gates of heaven were closed to the soul of every
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For this corruptible body must put on incorruption, and this mortal body must put on immortality. –1 Corinthians 15:53– I have a friend whose mother is named Natalie. Natalie tells how, when she was five years old, she wanted a doll, just like all the other little girls she
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And death shall be no more, Death thou shalt die. –John Donne– Seven-year-old Daryl was never able to explain just how the weird black balloon found its way into the nursery, but there it was. At first it was hardly noticeable—no bigger than a marble–rolling innocently around on the floor
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