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Raising the Curtain on Act Two

Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Have you ever arrived for a school play or a play on Broadway after Act One has begun so that you had to …

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Our Unfulfilled Yearning Is For God!

If Paul were speaking to us he would have to speak differently. In place of altars to unknown gods we have spas, gyms, spiritual centers, arenas, nature preserves… where, through …

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Turning the Tables

A famous Presbyterian minister of the 19th century, Henry Ward Beecher, once received a letter in the mail and when he opened it, there was but one word on the …

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Easter People

The mission to Philippi begins on a high note.  Lydia’s openness to the message and her generous hospitality must have warmed the hearts of Paul and his companions.  Yet, just …

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The New Jerusalem, Where Tears Will Never Blind Us to Its Beauty

When I moved recently I received a GPS as a gift. It has proved useful, although it has tried to send me the wrong way occasionally. It interesting that you …

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Saints Philip and James

On a feast of an apostle you expect to hear about one of his heroic acts or wise sayings, but in today’s reading from St. John’s gospel for the feast …

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Our God Relationship

For a human being to rise from the dead is certainly a joyful happening! To believe there is life after death fills us with joy! To be a Roman Catholic …

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