Category Archives: saints

Doing it all: Asking not how but why

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

I’m entering into a crazy few weeks with many different projects and obligations, and was asked today by someone “How do you do it all?” If you ask me, I’m never doing enough, so that question didn’t necessarily make me … Continue reading →

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Hitting Pause: A Soul that Shouts

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

In the spirit of giving myself a break, I have decided to hit pause on my blog and repost some of my favorite material for the last ten days of the year. Today’s choice is inspired by many of the … Continue reading →

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How Saints Behave

Posted on December 14, 2011 by

One of the dangers and blessings of studying Church History is that you begin to know (or think you know) what sanctity and faith look like. We have so many heroes:  apologists, scholars, poets, servants, teachers, healers, mystics. They did … Continue reading →

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Bonds

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

Once again my mother made some memorable choices regarding a birthday gift this year. First she told me she was giving me something she’d found in the basement that I had originally bought for myself. After getting me excited by … Continue reading →

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The leftovers

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

One of the many occupational hazards of being a church musician is the liturgical hangovers we can get from the major church feasts. I spend most of the Christmas season (the liturgical version of which begins on Christmas day and … Continue reading →

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Seek the Lord while he may be found (Dear St Paul)

Posted on September 18, 2011 by

Oh, St. Paul, I gotta say, it must be nice to be you. Not to say you weren’t a hard worker, and a good guy – a holy guy! – but to just get knocked off your horse like that … Continue reading →

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Walking on Water

Posted on August 1, 2011 by

In my nerdy way I was pleased as punch to discover that today was the Feast of St Alphonsus Ligouri, Bishop and Doctor of the Church. Why am I so interested in him, you might ask? Because moral theologizing revolutionized … Continue reading →

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The Deepest Desire

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

I just got back from a trip in a tow truck to my mechanic’s, after what I fear my be my trusty Jeep’s final engine failure. I knew when I bought the car that it was older, it had a … Continue reading →

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They worshiped, but they doubted

Posted on June 2, 2011 by

I gotta admit, I really feel for those Apostles. First Jesus calls them away from their familiar lives and makes a bunch of promises they don’t understand. Then he dies (even though he totally could have gotten out of it!). … Continue reading →

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Thomas the Apostle

Posted on May 1, 2011 by

Do yourself a favor and don’t try to get someone’s attention at one of our family parties by calling out “John”. Your efforts, if directed towards my mother’s side of the family, will be fruitless unless clarified by one of … Continue reading →

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