Frank Friar Fridays
By Fr Patrick Baikauskas OP
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Weekly reflections from a Dominican friar.
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Still standing at 5:00
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Sep 18, 2026 |
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What I wanted was revenge
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Sep 11, 2026 |
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Nothing holds our attention like being afraid.
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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In installments
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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Rough Water
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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Gross! What are you eating?
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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The Math Was Right
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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No Strings
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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Scroll Away!!
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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Wheat Happens
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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Tomatoes Outside the Window
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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Every team is a home team
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Jul 04, 2026 |
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No one is against safe baby food
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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What NO syllabus has ever taught
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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Give me back my son.
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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The harvest is plentiful
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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We Are What We Eat
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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But They Will When I'm Finished
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May 29, 2026 |
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Maybe It's Just the Holy Spirit
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May 22, 2026 |
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The Blessing of Going Away
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May 15, 2026 |
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She Is Not Lost
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May 08, 2026 |
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Ricardo's Smile: A Bolivian Orphanage and the Gospel of Showing Up
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May 01, 2026 |
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Whose voice do we follow?
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Our journey of faith can challenge us and move us in directions that can be scary
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Is Jesus here yet? Celebrating a call to discipleship
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Roll away the stone in your life
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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We can let fear triumph
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Why Jesus Wept
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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I once was lost, but now am found....
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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God in a Box:Hypocrisy of War
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Illuminating the Corners: The Journey to Holiness
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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The Steel Mill vs. The Garden: Choosing Sacrificial Love
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Jesus was political
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Pass the Salt, Turn on the Light: The Courage to Shine
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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The Remnant That Speaks No Lies
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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How well do we see?
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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The Tale of Two Weddings
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Are we truly seekers of peace?
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Have you ever had an epiphany, and...
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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What does it mean for us to celebrate the Holy Family...
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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Let there be peace on Earth....
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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Are you ready for Christmas?
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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John the Baptist challenges us to prepare the way of the Lord
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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As we enter Advent, what kind of person do I want to be?"
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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SPECIAL EPISODE - MY HOMILY AT ST. TOM'S ON THE 25TH JUBILEE OF DOMINICANS AT PURDUE
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Nov 22, 2025 |
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No Kings - but who is OUR King?
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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What do we take with us when we leave this earth?
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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How do we bring life to those around us?
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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We remember not only those that have gone before us in the faith....
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Breaking the Mirror - Why Being "Good Enough" Isn't Enough
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Mercy Over Revolution
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Are we grateful for all we have?
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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What can we do in these challenging times?
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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We need to figure out who we want to be in God's eyes.
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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A reflection on the death of Charlie Kirk in the light of The Beatitudes
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Why we ALL need to be WOKE!
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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It sounds like Jesus is telling us to hate people close to us...
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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Are we friends - real friends - with Jesus?
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Are you ready to set the world on fire???
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Are we vigilant? Are we preparing ourselves?
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Vanity of vanities, all is vanity
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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For what, how and why do we pray?
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Are you a Martha or a Mary? That's not a question only for the women listeners
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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What does the parable of the good Samaritan say to us?
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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A gospel reflection for Independence Day
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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We are all called to a constant conversion. What does that look like??
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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How does what we experience at Mass change us?
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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This weekend we remember our fathers, and the connection to Our Father's love
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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What is it that we celebrate on the Feast of Pentecost?
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Do we recognize that Jesus is always with us?
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May 30, 2025 |
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How do we remember those who have gone before us in the faith?
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May 23, 2025 |
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I give you a new commandment, love one another
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May 16, 2025 |
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On Good Shepherd Sunday we celebrate a new shepherd
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May 09, 2025 |
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Peter, do you love me?
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May 02, 2025 |
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Is Jesus here yet?
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior?
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Why do bad things happen to good people?
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Another broadcast from Rome: What is a Missionary of Mercy?
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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A broadcast from Rome
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Mar 29, 2025 |
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How are we the face of Christ to the people in our lives?
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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God will lead us where we need to go....
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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How will we find our happiness?
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Special edition for Ash Wednesday
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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We are each called to see the beam in our own eye first...
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Love those who hate you, don't judge, don't resent, etc. etc. etc.
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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How our vice-president gets Thomas Aquinas wrong
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Is Jesus calling you to be a fisher of men and women?
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Who are the wisdom figures in our lives? Who is always there to extend a helping hand?
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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What did Jesus say in his inaugural address?
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Broadcast from Italy on the wedding at Cana
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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What does our love look like? A podcast from Italy
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Filling in some of the gaps in my life's story
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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What has the message of this Christmas been for us? What has been our experience with the Lord this year? Have we gone home by a different route?
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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My reading recommendations for 2024
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Who are the prophets in your life?
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Gaudete Sunday - Rejoice - But what if we don’t feel like rejoicing?
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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How are you preparing yourself this Advent season?
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Wow, it doesn't get any better than this?
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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Make Christ Great Again - MCGA
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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As Christians, the current times call us to be brave in living out our faith...
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Do you trust God?
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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What is the great commandmment of Jesus?
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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How can we open our eyes to the needs of others?
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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How are you called to serve?
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Why do we make the choices that we do?
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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All are welcome, all are welcome
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Whatever happened to sin?
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Are we ready to humble ourselves – to be the servant God calls each of us to be?
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Faith without works is dead
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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What do we do with our gift of faith?
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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There's a lot of decisions to make in our lives.
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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What will satisfy our longings?
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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We are what we eat.
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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What satisfies our deepest hungers?
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Are we stingy or generous with the gifts God has given us?
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Does our Church want us to be political?
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Hear my conversation with Fr. Gabe Griggs, CSC
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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An interview with Dr. Brandon Coventry
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Who is stronger than death?
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Do we trust that our Lord is always with us?
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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We all begin as tiny seeds - our dads and moms do the nurturing and watering
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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The devil made me do it!!
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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We are what we eat. I am not talking about donuts.
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May 31, 2024 |
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What does it mean to us when we think of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit?
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May 24, 2024 |
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How do we use our gifts?
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May 17, 2024 |
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My summer reading suggestions
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May 10, 2024 |
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What's it mean to love like Jesus?
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May 03, 2024 |
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Are we meant to live alone?
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Who is your good shepherd>
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Does your faith excite you?
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Is Jesus here yet?
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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My God, God, why have you forsaken me?
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Why does God let evil happen?
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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This promise is written on your heart!!
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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What does John 3:16 mean for you?
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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How do we separate our needs from our wants?
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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What does it mean to be transfigured?
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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A little trivia contest. What were Jesus' first words to his disciples?
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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The life of Saint Francis continues to witness for us a way to live our life
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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I hate to ask this question - do you find your faith boring?
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Who are the authority figures in our lives?
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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My trip to Sicily
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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Part III of the interview with Colleen Dulle on the Vatican Synod
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Part II of the interview with Colleen Dulle on the Synod on Synodality
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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What is going on with this Synod on Synodailty?
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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If you haven't heard this radio play previously, or if you have, you don't want to miss the Christmas radio play performed by Dominican friars.
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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This is Gaudete Sunday - We are called to rejoice!!
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Are you ready for Christmas?
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Reflections on the readings for the First Sunday of Advent
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Some thoughts about dads and Thanksgiving
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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How do we use our talents?
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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If God were to call you home today, would you be ready?
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Loving like a mother - a father - can we do that?
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Why is it so difficult to love as we ought?
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Why do we worry about the end times?
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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What will heaven be like?
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Change can be difficult - but it's not impossible
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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How good are we at keeping commitments?
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Are you generous or stingy?
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Why is it so hard to forgive another?
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Do you build up - or tear down?
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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I talk to Br. Alonso Salas, OP about his work on the streets of Memphis this summer
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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What's it like to be a chaplain in a big city hospital trauma center
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Highlights of our pilgrimage to Poland and Prague
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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God is her co-counsel
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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The Transfiguration and Oppenheimer
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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What is the most precious thing you own?
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Costa Rica - Pura Vida
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Let's unburden ourselves
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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What's the key to our happiness?
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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We are all worth a lot - a lot - in the eyes of God - and me
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Let our hearts be on fire!!!
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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We extend a special welcome
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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What does it mean for YOU when we celebrate the Holy Trinity?
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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What do you with all the gifts you have received?
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May 26, 2023 |
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Go out and share the good news!!
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May 19, 2023 |
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Jesus commands us to pray - why does he have to command us?
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May 12, 2023 |
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What great things will you do today?
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May 05, 2023 |
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Are YOU a good shepherd?
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Stay with us, Lord. Stay with us.
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Where do we find Jesus in our lives?
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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What does Easter joy mean for you - for each of us?
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Apr 08, 2023 |
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Part 2 of my interview on "A Veiled Response"
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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A veiled response. Veils! Are the for all women?
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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What are the ties that bind us?
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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What blinds us to what we need to do and how we are called to live?
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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What will satisfy your thirst?
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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What does it mean to be transfigured?
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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A letter from Kiev
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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Lying - if everyone does it, what's the big deal?
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Is it ever permissible to tell a lie?
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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We are called to be salt and light.
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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How do we live the beatitudes?
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Are you a light to the world?
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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Let’s talk about what it means to be an evangelized.
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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How good are we at putting Christ at the center of our lives?
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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New Years' Resolutions
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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How does Christ come to us at Christmas?
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Fourth week of Advent
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Third Sunday of Advent
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Do I really need to change?
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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Wow! It doesn't get any better than this!!
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Who do we call our king - our ruler?
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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We are motivated by fear or love?
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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What is heaven like?
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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An interview on thoughts about how we help to bring others back to the faith
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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What does Church Lady from SNL teach us?
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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Pray - pray - pray - don't give up.
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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I say "thanks be to God!" a lot. Why?
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Increase our faith
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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What do I do when I encounter a poor person on the street?
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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How do we address that ongoing challenge - how to be the face of Christ?
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Are you the lost sheep or the prodigal child?
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Come Together
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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How do we let our pride prevent us from giving our best?
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Part two of our interview with Br. Joseph Cullen Hilliker OP
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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An interview with a Dominican student brother about his summer in Africa
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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What is the greatest gift you have ever received?
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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What is going to bring us peace and joy in our lives?
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Today's reflection begins with one of my favorite humorous anecdotes
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Are we a Martha or a Mary?
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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What is truth?
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Does my Catholic faith have. anything to offer me in the day-to-day decisions of life?
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Does your yes mean yes?
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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Why go to church?
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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My summer reading suggestions
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Reflecting a bit on my trip to Rome and how we are called to be "Church" to one another
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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How to we respond when we have lost someone close to us?
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May 27, 2022 |
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Where is Jesus?
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May 20, 2022 |
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How do we love like Jesus?
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May 13, 2022 |
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Mothers - Our Good Shepherds
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May 06, 2022 |
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Do you love me?
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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This podcast was recorded today from the Basilica of San Clemente in Rome and features an interview with Fr. Vivian Boland, OP - a Dominican Friar, author and teacher
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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What does Easter mean for us?
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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The Arrest and Trial of Jesus Christ
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Do we let ourselves get consumed by all the "what ifs" in our life?
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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The prayer for Consecration of Russia and Ukraine
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Broadcasting from Bayamón, Puerto Rico on a spring break mission trip.
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Mar 19, 2022 |
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Are you ready to be transformed?
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Episode 75
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Is that a splinter in your eye I see?
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Where in the world is Fr. Patrick?
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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Saint Thomas Aquinas can teach us about hope in times of despair
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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Episode 72 - We hear Jesus calling his disciples to be fishers of men and women.
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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The readings this weekend call each of us to do something very difficult
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Reflecting on the deaths of my brother David and my cousin Sharon
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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What does the wedding feast of Cana have to say to us in these difficult times?
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Books I read in 2021 - and I recommend them all
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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As we reflect on the end of the year, how have we changed?
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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The Man Born to be King - a radio play by Dorothy L. Sayers
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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When I met Bob Dole and what that has to do with Advent
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Part two of my interview with author of the Crisis of Bad Preaching - Fr. Josh Whitfield
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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The Crisis of Bad Preaching - an interview with the author - Fr. Josh Whitfield
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Episode 62 - Recollections of past Thanksgivings
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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Episode 61 - A reflection on the readings for this Sunday - The Feast of Christ the King
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Episode 60 - Carpe diem! How are we at "seizing the day?"
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Episode 59 - How do the readings about two widows this Sunday call us to examine our own calls to love one another?
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Dealing with mental health issues as a Catholic
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Interview with missionary doctor working in Haiti
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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A review of Sue Monk Kidd's The Book of Longings
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Remembering Charlotte Scarcelli
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Episode 54
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Episode 53
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Episode 52
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Episode 51 - the conclusion to my travelogue on Africa
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Announcement about my COVID status
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Episode 49 - Into Africa - part one
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Episode 48 - Part two of our conversation with Jim McElroy
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Episode 47 - Part one of two parts - interview with Jim McElroy
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Episode 46
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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Episode 45
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Episode 44
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Episode 43 - Part 3 of our interview with author Gary Schmidt
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Episode 42 - Part II of my conversation with award winning author Gary Schmidt
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Episode 41 - Part one of interview with Gary Schmidt
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Episode 40
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Episode 39
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Episode 38
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Episode 37
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Episode 36
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May 28, 2021 |
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Episode 35
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May 21, 2021 |
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Episode 34
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May 14, 2021 |
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Episode 33
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May 07, 2021 |
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Episode 32
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Episode 31
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Episode 30
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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Episode 29
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Episode 28
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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Episode 27
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Episode 26
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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Episode 25
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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Episode 24
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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Episode 23
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Episode 22
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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Episode 21
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Episode 20
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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Homily for the Feast of the Presentation
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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Episode 19
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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Episode 18
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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Episode 18
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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Episode 17
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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Episode 16
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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Episode 15
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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Episode 14
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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Episode 13
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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Episode 12
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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Homily from the Feastnof the Immaculate Conception
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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Episode 11
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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Episode 10
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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Episode 9
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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Episode 8
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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Episode 7
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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Episode 6
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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Episode 5
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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Episode 4
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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Episode 3
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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Episode 2
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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My First Podcast! | Sept 25, 2020
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Sep 23, 2020 |