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The new year — with the season of giving still fresh in our memories — is an opportune time to reflect on the gifts God has generously given and continues to give us.
Yet, I hear and …
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By Bishop W. Shawn McKnight
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1/5/23
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This is the second in a series of teachings and reflections offered by the moderator of spiritual formation for the Jefferson City diocese.
Mystery does not mean we cannot understand something, …
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By Father Matthew Flatley
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9/28/23
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On the surface, Jesus sells pretty well. Who wouldn’t want forgiveness, grace and eternal life?
I know I do.
But once you get into the weeds, it can be a little more challenging.
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By Mark Saucier
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9/28/23
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Every era faces challenges adapting to the vagaries of weather and climate change.
Today, the challenge is global warming, but in the 17th century, the challenge was a global cool-down, a period …
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By Mike Hoey
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8/17/22
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When we were taking care of our daughter’s kids for a few days, one of the things we had to do was to take our grandson to Taekwondo practice.
I’ve been to a near-infinite number of …
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By Mark Saucier
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5/10/23
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I have a friend who could have been a great pastor, but he spent his professional life as a machinist instead.
He never went to seminary, barely made it through high school.
The Navy was going …
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By Mark Saucier
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8/17/22
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When we were taking care of our daughter’s kids for a few days, one of the things we had to do was to take our grandson to Taekwondo practice.
I’ve been to a near-infinite number of …
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By Mark Saucier
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5/10/23
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A cake, ablaze with candles toasting the shredded coconut at their feet, was no subtle reminder that another year had passed.
In that piercing light, I could not deny that I had reached the …
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By Mark Saucier
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2/15/24
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It was a greedy, aggressive cancer.
Not content to feast on his lungs, it metastasized, seeking total conquest of his body.
It seemed to win. We had his funeral yesterday: a royal …
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By Mark Saucier
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1/19/23
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There is an old story in the Jewish Hasidic tradition of the Rabbi Eizik, son of Yekel.
He was a poor rabbi who lived in Cracow.
One night, Rabbi Eizik had a dream. In this dream, he was led to …
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By Mark Saucier
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8/31/22
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It is the most unmistakable sign of autumn.
More than changing leaves, shortened days or cooler nights, it’s the falling locust pods that tell me that summer is past and winter is fast …
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By Mark Saucier
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10/11/23
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It’s the season of caps and gowns, big dreams and a beckoning future.
Commencement speakers are advising graduates to go for the gold, dig deep and change the world.
The diploma-ed …
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By Mark Saucier
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5/25/23
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For three years in the mid-1970s, my wife and I were Catholic volunteers in a program called VIDA, a peace corps-type program run by the diocese of Pueblo, Colorado.
In the summer of 1977, one of …
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By Mike Hoey
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9/14/22
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If you find yourself in a group of inmates and the conversation starts to lag, ask them about their grandmothers.
I’ve seen hardened men come to tears talking about their grandmas, many of …
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By Mark Saucier
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9/14/22
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The Hebrew Scriptures have many takes on aging and death.
There is the story of Enoch, the great grandfather of Noah, who “walked with God, and he was no longer here, for God took …
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By Mark Saucier
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6/7/23
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Christ our Emmanuel models for us The Paschal Mystery (suffering/death/resurrection), which in some way is the most significant experience we can know of God’s love and mercy on this side of …
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By Father Matthew Flatley
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2/29/24
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It was another silly question popping up in a wandering conversation.
“What superpower would you like to have?”
Avoiding the selfish fun things like invisibility or telepathy, it …
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By Mark Saucier
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2/1/23
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November is the month of All Souls. This special time allows Catholics to remember and pray for those who have gone before us.
Perhaps this treasured, and very Catholic tradition is one of the …
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By Father Matthew Flatley
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10/26/23
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Years ago, I was in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Walking across a plaza, I saw a small group of people staring up at a mango tree.
I looked up but saw nothing extraordinary until a man next to me …
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By Mark Saucier
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10/26/23
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“In the face of death, the Church confidently proclaims that God has created each person for eternal life and that Jesus, the Son of God, by His death and resurrection, has broken the chains of …
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By Father Daniel Merz
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10/27/23
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