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The other day I was having a conversation with someone about being Holy.   My friend Jamie loaned me a book about this topic (How to Be Holy: First Steps to Becoming a Saint, Peter Kreeft) and it has been heavily on my mind.  While we were talking a few otherContinue Reading

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A Reflection on the Readings for Sunday, June 26, 2016. 1 Kings 19:16b, 19-21Psalm 16Galatians 5:1, 13-18The Holy Gospel According to Luke 9:51-62 Elijah is sent in the first reading to conscript Elisha into service.  Elisha is apparently not just a poor farmer, but rather from a very wealthy family.Continue Reading

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A Reflection on the readings for Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time (June 21, 2016)2Kings 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36Psalm 48Holy Gospel According to Matthew 7:6, 12-14 When I was fourteen years old my grandfather gave me my first bible.  Not that we didn’t already have bibles in ourContinue Reading