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Climate Change is Real
In his encyclical Laudato Si´, Pope Francis challenges us to care about and take action against climate change. “It must be said that some committed and prayerful Christians, with the excuse of realism and pragmatism, tend to ridicule expressions of concern for the environment. Others are...
Ethan’s Winning Vocation Essay
God’s disciples can be called to a vocation in many different ways. It often is not how you think. Usually it won’t be too obvious. The calling is most often just a feeling. This desire is placed inside the person by God. He inspires the...
Hannah’s Winning Vocation Essay
Many people think a vocation is a calling to the priesthood or maybe to be a brother or a sister, but a vocation is actually a calling from God to a Christian lifestyle. Certainly some are called to a vocation as a priest or brother...
God Speaks to Us
The world is alive with the promise of spring. For several weeks the Sandhill cranes, geese and ducks have announced their arrival from warmer climates with their familiar honks. The frozen stream down the road has parted into a fanciful pattern of ice and water...
Lessons from the Eagle and Meadowlark
I enjoy watching and feeding birds and have come to realize we have so much to learn from them. (Which is true of all of creation – everything has a lesson to share.) I’m sure people have heard the lessons from the geese. I offer...
The Easter Season is 50 Days
We rejoice in the Easter season for a total of 50 days. So, after a long season of Lent, it’s the time to rejoice… Jesus Christ is risen! Alleluia, alleluia! During the three days of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter, we worship with meaningful, spirit-filled liturgies. We...
We Come From God
A friend of mine gave me the test kit for 23 and Me for Christmas so I could determine my ancestry. The results were exactly what my parents had said all these years. What was new, however, was to be able to attach percentages to...
Losing Our Ability to Tell the Difference Between the Light and The Darkness
In one of my homilies, the upshot of the message cautioned us that we’re at risk of losing our ability to tell the difference between the light and the darkness, and that we need Christ more than ever to show us the light – the...
St. Patrick
“God’s might to uphold me, God’s wisdom to guide me, God’s eye to look upon me, God’s shield to protect me, God’s host to save me.” ~From St Patrick’s Breastplate Once a year, we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with song, dance and traditional Irish food. The life...