Different Lighting
When my brother was in high school, he fashioned a primitive clay sculpture of a man’s head. The sculpture sits on my mantelpiece, having occupied exactly the same spot in …
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From Within the Solitude
After many months of laying low, it’s time for me to lift my face and look around. Show up. See what happens. Besides the virus. In addition to it. In …
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Objects in the Rear-View Mirror
Peter approached Jesus and asked him,“Lord, if my brother sins against me,how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?”Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times, …
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Refrigerator Magnets
The church is to be a field hospital. – Pope Francis Not everything that is broken shows up on the x-ray – Sutter Health radio ad Boredom is rage, spread …
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Speak Up
Jesus said to his disciples:“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;knock and the door will be opened to you. – Matthew 7:7 She Who …
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One of Our Own
This past week we lost a beloved member of the music ministry at St Joan of Arc Parish, where I serve as director. Farolito Cristobal was a cantor and devoted …
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Faith and the Unknown
The Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? – Psalm 27 Some people are creative worriers. I know, because I am one of those people. I …
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The Sullivans
My family is bigger than most. There are eleven of us, all living, and no two remotely alike. The Sullivan siblings were born between 1952 and 1968, at a time …
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Doing the Math
As a child growing up in Catholic School, much was made of what we were “giving up” for Lent. There are actually three lenten disciplines that lie at the heart …
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Back Home Again
On Thursday I made the trek back from the frozen heartland, weaving and dodging delays, rerouted flights, and United trying to bribe me into giving up my seat. All of …
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