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The Desert Ammas and Abbas (Mothers and Fathers) were the precursors of what we call Monks today.
These dedicated disciples of Christ fled into the deserts of Egypt and Syria in the Third …
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By Father Matthew Flatley
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11/24/23
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“... Do unto others as you would have them do to you ...”
Familiar, but these words in Matthew were not the source of the Golden Rule. It can be traced more than 4,000 years, …
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By Mark Saucier
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5/26/22
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When I was a kid, Lent was the time for talk about sin.
Perhaps it was in their teaching contract, but the good nuns invariably told us, in their own veiled words, about the seven …
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By Mark Saucier
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3/2/23
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We looked like an intergenerational field trip as we gathered at the trailhead.
Twenty of us, from a backpacked toddler to a couple of older dawdlers, were intent on tackling a hike that started …
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By Mark Saucier
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7/20/23
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There’s a story of the Irish writer Samuel Becket on a walk with a friend in Paris on a beautiful spring morning.
“Doesn’t this just make you feel happy to be alive?” his …
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By Mark Saucier
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11/24/23
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In honor of National Vocation Awareness Week (Nov. 6-12), the following priests submitted reflections on recognizing and answering their call to Holy Orders.
The series was featured throughout …
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11/10/22
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I went for a walk the other day along a portion of the green belt near our house.
It’s a peaceful path, meandering past a football field, a children’s park, tennis courts and open …
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By Mark Saucier
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4/24/24
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The day began with heavy clouds lingering after the night’s rain.
I had a text from a friend whose husband has just begun hospice. She would let us know when they completed their visit, and …
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By Mark Saucier
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11/10/22
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It’s Lent. Forty days of dedication to prayer, penance, almsgiving and fasting in the name of the Lord. Not fasting like medical fasting before a scan or surgery. Not trendy intermittent …
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By Liz Schleicher
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3/16/23
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Over these past few weeks, we have seen many serious, sad headlines and news stories reflecting a growing disrespect for the dignity of human life.
Every day, there is news about the suffering of …
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By Bishop W. Shawn McKnight
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6/8/22
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“Our thoughts and prayers are with you.”
It’s a genuine response by some unable to say anything else in the face of another’s pain.
It may be cliché, but it is …
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By Mark Saucier
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6/8/22
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Recent congressional testimony of UFOs and alleged “non-human biologics” intrigued me.
I recalled a story which now may not be apocryphal after all.
Not that long ago, our …
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By Mark Saucier
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8/3/23
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Advent. From the Latin adventus, meaning coming or arrival.
What is coming? Christmas. Incarnation. Emmanuel, the dwelling of God with us.
What is coming? The Parousia, the …
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By Mark Saucier
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12/7/23
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Once a month, I meet a friend for breakfast. We’ve only known each other a few years, but there was an immediate bond that has deepened with time.
We talk about news, sports, families, but …
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By Mark Saucier
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3/16/23
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One of my favorite segments of poetry is the fourth stanza of “Easter,” by George Herbert, a 17th-century English writer who put profound ideas into the simplest language.
Both Emily …
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By Patricia J. Long
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3/29/23
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Holy Week begins with an ironic scene.
An itinerant preacher from the countryside is placed on a donkey, lauded with palm branches and hosana-ed by the crowd as their conquering king.
The …
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By Mark Saucier
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3/29/23
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Una de las alegrías de presidir la Misa es la perspectiva que brinda: la capacidad de ver y apreciar los muchos rostros que se han unido para ofrecer la Eucaristía, la “fuente y …
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Por Obispo W. Shawn McKnight
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8/16/23
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One of the joys of presiding at Mass is the perspective it provides — the ability to see and appreciate the many faces who have come together to offer the Eucharist, the “source and …
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By Bishop W. Shawn McKnight
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8/16/23
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CLICK HERE to read a related article in The Catholic Missourian.
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In this issue of The Catholic Missourian, the report of the diocesan …
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By Bishop W. Shawn McKnight
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6/23/22
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This article was originally published in the July 13, 2012, print edition of The Catholic Missourian:
I heard none of it.
Franciscan Father Jozo Zovko was speaking to pilgrims from all over …
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By Jay Nies
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6/23/22
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