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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Wounds of Love

A Homily for Good Friday ”Nay!” answered the child; “but these are the wounds of Love.” –Oscar Wilde, The Selfish Giant— When I was in the seventh grade, my father noticed the peach fuzz sprouting on my upper lip and called me into the bathroom.  After handing me a razor,

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