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hovering over the threshold of death
a homily for Maundy Thursday
Apr 7
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who is the patron saint of this smell
farm shrines and feeling fine
Apr 1
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February 2023
Books for Lent & moving to the tundra
Embracing a favorite monastic discipline
Feb 18
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November 2022
a sermon for All Saints Day
Happy All Hallows Day. In the Middle Ages, this day - the first of November: All Saints Day - was known as the beginning of the “dark half of the year…
Nov 1, 2022
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October 2022
mortal, these bones are alive
Greetings, friends. It has been some time since I’ve sent a dispatch from this newsletter, and I’m grateful to be saying hello. My summer was…
Oct 1, 2022
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June 2022
a litany to the most sacred heart of jesus
Today, June 24th, is the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Solemnity is celebrated on the Friday that follows Corpus Christi. Devotion to…
Jun 24, 2022
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pray until your heart's on fire
disjointed sermons, disjointed substacks
Jun 17, 2022
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April 2022
we must make time for silence
I have been ending dozens of emails a day this week with valedictions that sound like this: With all best wishes for a peaceful Holy Week, Here’s hoping…
Apr 6, 2022
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March 2022
healing & humility
50% spite/50% grace
Mar 23, 2022
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February 2022
prayers like gravel flung at the sky
“Folk Tale” - R.S. Thomas The poem “Folk Tale” first landed in my consciousness thanks to a sermon – a good one – I heard in Los Angeles sometime in…
Feb 11, 2022
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love that will not let me go
on unexpected vocations
Feb 4, 2022
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January 2022
st. agnes, pray for us
When I was preparing for confirmation in my junior year of high school, the talk of the parish library where my peers and I met for CCD was of patron…
Jan 21, 2022
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