Showing posts with label faith. Show all posts
Showing posts with label faith. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Miracles Still Happen

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     They’re not always showy events that dazzle the onlookers.      We needn’t discuss Lourdes, nor the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima in 19...
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Thursday, August 27, 2026

We Interrupt This Program…

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     I don’t know how embed a YouTube “short.” There doesn’t seem to be a convenient way. But at least I can give you this one’s address. I...
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Sunday, June 28, 2026

Marching Orders

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     Today’s Gospel reading is one of the most difficult parts of the Gospels to accept literally:      Think not that I am come to send pe...
Sunday, April 19, 2026

Companions

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     Today, the Third Sunday of the Easter season, is the day Catholics read about the encounter on the road from Jerusalem to Emmaus:     ...
Saturday, February 21, 2026

Remembrances

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     Yes, yes: I’ve been lackadaisical about keeping this place hopping. So you’re not hopping. And this is my fault? You can’t hop on your...
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Saturday, May 9, 2020

People Of Hope

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     Yes, your Curmudgeon is in one of those moods again. You don’t have to read this. If you do anyway, you’ve been warned. I make no excus...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2018

A Negative-Sum Game Part 2: Some Non-Ruminative Thoughts

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     If you’ve read this earlier piece, you’re already familiar with the aggrieved puzzlement I feel over the phenomenon of the militant at...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Compulsions To Hurry: A Midweek Rumination

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     Among my many faults is one that’s dogged me all the days of my life: I’m in a hurry. No matter what I’m doing, I’m doing my best to s...
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Sunday, September 16, 2018

Faith And The Familiar: A Sunday Rumination

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     Regular attendance at Mass confers a number of benefits on the communicant. Yes, the Church says it’s obligatory to be there on Sunday ...
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Thursday, August 24, 2017

Tests Of Faith

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     This morning, we have a quiet cri de coeur from Stephen Kruiser:      Mine is a life that hasn't exactly been fraught with trage...
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Sunday, April 23, 2017

Faith And Doubt: A Sunday Rumination

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     [The first Sunday after Easter, liturgically titled Divine Mercy Sunday, is also sometimes called Doubting Thomas Sunday, for it is on ...
Sunday, February 26, 2017

Cleanliness: A Sunday Rumination

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     To those who’ve wondered where the Ruminations have disappeared to: I know it’s been a while since I last did one of these. I can’t pro...
Friday, May 13, 2016

Fatima, The Miracle Of The Sun, And The Future Of Man

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     On May 13, 1917, Lucia dos Santos, Jacinta Marto, and Francisco Marto, three Portuguese children, reported having seen an apparition o...
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Sunday, May 1, 2016

The Either-Or Of Faith: A Sunday Rumination

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     First, allow me to recount a tale the celebrant told this morning at Mass.      A young man badly addicted to various drugs had died o...
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