It was Fr. Robert Barron who set my homily thinking off this week in preparation for this Sunday's feast of the Holy Family. In his Word on Fire homily for the feast...
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family life
Pope Francis is big on simplicity, not least of all in his words and manner of speaking. He often gives a take-home catch phrase as he did yesterday speaking on the...
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Set five minutes twice a day for the next eight days. Anticipate these encounters with Jesus

something strange
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the comedy
Dramatic tragedy is drama which ends in despair, desolation, death, or (even better), all three.

at the table
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freedom
Such freedom is not achieved through human discipline but by knowing that we are loved