Caribbean Cruise

In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed But, as it is written, “Eye has not seen or ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man, what things God has prepared for those who love him.” –1 Corinthians 2:9–             One cold February morning, I received a photograph in

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Veterans to the Rescue:

The Wisdom of Father Eric Bergman, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Saint Gertrude the Great In fact, the hour is coming when everyone who kills you will think he is offering worship to God. –John 16:2–            Father Eric Bergman, also a literal father of nine children, had been an Episcopalian priest.  He,

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Festina Lente

Festina Lente[1] When I was in college, I read an insightful article by the Japanese Catholic author Shusaku Endo.[2]  He told the story of an ancient Buddhist temple atop a high mountain in Japan.  The temple was so high and remote that it took pious pilgrims hours and even days

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Holiness Hurts

A Homily for the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A   In the 1996 movie The Preacher’s Wife, Denzel Washington plays the role of an angel named Dudley.  One scene is a particular favorite of mine.  A little boy, unaware that he is speaking to an angel, asks Dudley

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