When I was very little, I truly thought that “Harold” was an angel’s name, and that the man who owned and ran Harold’s Grocery down
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When I was very little, I truly thought that “Harold” was an angel’s name, and that the man who owned and ran Harold’s Grocery down
Read more[T]his book will be highly informative and useful for anybody who is involved in the work of evangelization in today’s U.S. parishes or dioceses.
Read moreIt is my hope that we can occasionally look around and still encounter that flash of the original divine, creating spark in the lives and work of the artists around us.
Read moreI am fascinated by the music lists that my liturgical music pals come up with for their own funerals…Most of these same folks are surprised when I say that my instructions are “Do whatever music helps you remember, grieve, and celebrate.”
Read moreI’ve always had the feeling that telling others about our welcoming spirit was something of a mask, something to make us feel better about the true face that was underneath it.
Read moreWhen we bind unto ourselves the strong name of the Trinity, let us likewise bind unto ourselves the names, the faces, the bodies, the Christ made incarnate again through the Spirit as we live the Gospel in service to all.
Read moreIt is important to note that St. Paul speaks of one fruit of the Spirit, not many different fruits. This fruit has different sections, or segments, like a citrus fruit, similar to the way that the novena itself is truly one large prayer.
Read moreEach year, as we enter Holy Week, I inevitably recall two individuals for whom I continue to have a great amount of admiration. Both were RCIA participants, and both—a few days before the beginning of the Paschal Triduum—declined to be baptized, and left the process.
Read moreThis book is for anyone who understands that we are living in a moment of, as the foreword expresses it, “planetary crisis,” and wishes to proclaim, pray, and sing with texts that acknowledge this.
Read moreI got to wondering to what extent “workism” has infected my own life, work, and ministry.
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