Step Aside, Zeus!

A homily on the Annunciation Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.  May it be done to me according to your word.” –Luke 1:38–             We Catholics hear the Gospel account of the Annunciation so often that I think we fail to appreciate fully at least one

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The Housefly

The poem below was inspired by “Try Something Different” by Price Pritchett, a story that appeared in the original Chicken Soup for the Soul. True freedom does not mean doing what I want, but freely choosing to obey the will of Christ, Who is the Door to freedom itself (John

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