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One-Minute Reflection: Psalm 147:2-3 (30 Days of Prayer for Unity #17)

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Listen here: https://anchor.fm/simplediakonia/episodes/One-Minute-Reflection-Psalm-1472-3-30-Days-of-Prayer-for-Unity-17-eq2grc The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem, and gathers the dispersed of Israel, Healing the brokenhearted, and binding up their wounds. (147:2-3) Reflection One of the pillars of Jesus’ disciples is to bring together God’s children. To bring healing is… Read More ›

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City on a Hill

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We are doing something a little different this week and featuring the City on a Hill podcast. If you want to be inspired…just keep listening. This episode features Andrew Marquez.

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One-Minute Reflection: Romans 15:5

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Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: One-Minute Reflection: Romans 15:5 (30 Days of Prayer for Unity #13) “May the God of endurance

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How to Grow in Faith as a Young Adult

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For this episode, we have one of the greats returning, Fr. Andrew Mattingly! He joins us to talk about how young adults can continue to practice the faith and grow in faith after their college years (as many people don’t have a built- in Catholic community once they leave college). Make sure to tune in […]

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Fr. Chuck’s Column, January 31, 2021

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 Since last March, we have been improvising our litur-gy to meet the demands of the safety precautions for the pandemic. And we are not yet finished making changes, accommodations, and exceptions. Every week seems to bring a new wrinkle.This week …

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Fr. Chuck’s Column, January 24, 2021

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 Happy Third Week of Ordinary Time!! If all goes as planned, and that seems to be a big “IF” these days, we will host our Bishop, Joe Vasquez, this afternoon. He will be here to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation with a portion of our high-sc…

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He’s 17!

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Every kid of mine on their birthday (through age 18) gets a birthday letter on the blog, from me. At first, it started out as something fun to do, but it has transformed into one of my favorite things I do on my kids’ birthdays. The written word is powerful. It is forever. So, without…

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The Sanctity of Life and Our Catholic Response

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I can remember the day I found out I was pregnant with Leo as clearly as if it happened just yesterday and not 8 ½ years ago. I remember the joy, the pain, the fear, and the worry. I wrote about my journey through a high risk pregnancy here at the webs…

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The Silmarillion, in German

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Fr. Conrad and Fr. Chris have reached a new level of nerdom in this episode as they discuss this popular work by J. R. R. Tolkein.

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Battling Acedia

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Anxiety, depression, listlessness, sloth, apathy—those are just a few of the emotions I’ve experienced the last year. Let’s face it, 2020 was rough and the pessimist in me is feeling 2021 doesn’t look much better. Sitting and stewing in negative emotio…

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Habemus Papam:

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Otto II helps stabilize Rome for a time..

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Homily Second Sunday of Ordinary Time January 17, 2021

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 Homily    Second Sunday of Ordinary Time        January 17, 2021            Today we have the Second Sunday of plain old, common, ordinary time.   And …

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One-Minute Reflection: Heb 4:12

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Audio Reflection “Indeed, the word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even between soul and spirit, joints, and marrow,

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“Mondays with Mary” – University of Mary

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This series usually pertains to something that has to do with the Blessed Virgin Mary and what the Catholic Church teaches regarding her, but for today, I want to briefly explain about […]

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Fr. Chuck’s Column, January 17, 2021

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 Years ago as a young man I very much enjoyed watching the Cosmos series on TV with Prof. Carl Sagan. He had an axiom which I think is very applicable today: “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Recently there have been man…

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Fr. Chuck’s Column, January 10, 2021

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 As I hope you know, our parish/school community is actively planning for a major development of our facilities on our site. Only the church would remain. The rectory, parish halls and offices, school buildings and gym, would all be demolished and…

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Catholic Mindfulness

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Have you ever left your phone in the fridge, or on top of the washer or dryer…or somewhere else it wasn’t supposed to be because you just weren’t paying attention? In this episode, Fr. Chris and Fr. Conrad talk about what Catholic mi…

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Baptism of the Lord Jan 9-10, 2021 Austin TX

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 Baptism of the Lord             Jan 9-10, 2021          “On coming up out of the water he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit, like a dove, …

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2020 – Year of Graces

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Not many people would think that 2020 was filled with graces, but in this CB episode, Fr. Chris and Fr. Conrad talk about how they grew spiritually this past year and the graces God poured out for them (and all of us!).

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Habemus Papam: Episode 133 – John XIII

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Otto I and the return of the Holy Roman Empire.

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