Thursday, January 28, 2016

Sneak peek: 2016 LCF CONCERT SETLIST

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We're getting ready to begin the concert here at Mercy Center in St. Louis. The annual concert, which benefits both the work of the Litu...
Monday, January 25, 2016

Second Thoughts: Cana, Torah, and Transformation (C2O and C3O)

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I'm thinking that a good approach for me this year might be to take the "echoing God's word" approach more regularly, and ...
Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Cana and God's approach

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Once, at a conference, I heard Fr. Diarmuid O'Murchu tell a joke that alluded to the gospel of this Sunday’s mass, the wedding feast a...
Saturday, December 19, 2015

Bethlehem, you think you're so small? (C4A)

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The Visitation shrine at my church, the pregnant Mary of Nazareth arriving to serve her kinswoman's needs. Just when I thought that...
Thursday, December 17, 2015

Second thoughts: Dancing in the darkness with God

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What I heard Sunday in the readings were those words, "in your midst," chiming out like a rhyme at the end of a song lyric. Fe...
Friday, December 11, 2015

What Should We Do? (C3A)

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Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice! Your kindness should be known to all. The Lord is near. A lot of people wh...
Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Second thoughts—(C2A) Baruch, God's mercy, and the dreary curse of a Pelagian Advent

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I haven't been able to get a recent session with James Alison out of my head, and it might be for a good  reason after all. I suspect th...