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Piata’

The story goes that Michelangelo used to come by St. Peter’s Basilica at night to stand there before his sculpture, not because he was so

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Only Stand and Wait

I clicked on an email link this week, not expecting that it would contain video of a house being torn down. It was the house

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Advent Prayer

With the end of the semester–deep in final papers and exams, set about by seemingly a thousand demands–I needed the simplicity of this prayer. Perhaps

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Grace in Barren Places

“In our own lives, too, we all too often deny the grace we’ve been given in barren places…Sooner or later, we must learn to deal

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Breaking Stained Glass

Irish writer Colm Toibin once authored a controversial novella about the mother of Jesus called The Testament of Mary. Around the time of its release,

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Expectancy

As I move though the season of Advent this year, my waiting and anticipation of the birth of Christ has had an eagerness to it

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The Francis Option

I’ll admit, I got duped into signing up for Audible a few months back. I always sign up for promotions and then forget to cancel.

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Rendezvous with Destiny

It’s a bit daunting to follow up Heidi De Jonge here every two weeks. Heidi plumbs her personal and pastoral experience in a deep yet

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