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the big picture

the big picture

So much of our struggle and anxiety each day comes when we lose sight of the big picture. I like the story about the wise old man who was asked by the boy to explain eternity. They were walking on the sand at the time and the old man took a speck of sand from the...

seasons & feelings

seasons & feelings

It was only a few short months ago that I posted some pictures taken at this spot (in the Cheviot Hills Reserve) on the Food For Faith Facebook page. The pictures were of daffodils among the trees here behind me. Well, it's a very different scene here today. There are...

tempted ?

tempted ?

At the risk of you turning off even before we begin, I want to offer a word of encouragement about temptation. We all experience temptations. Jesus was tempted. I enjoy the story about the abbot who asked the young novice whether or not he was entertaining...

love is…

love is…

One of the great privileges in the life of a priest is to celebrate weddings. I am very aware that the last thing that the couple or their family and friends gathered for the wedding want to hear is a homily from the priest. But I almost always take the opportunity to...

mothers & Fatima

mothers & Fatima

A few years ago I rediscovered one of the most beautiful and intimate Catholic prayers: the Memorare. It was one of the prayers my father taught to me as a very small child when he put me to bed, but over the years it had slipped off my prayer radar. The intimacy in...