Are you free?
Am I free? What even is freedom? Most definitions seem insufficient to me. Society teaches us to see freedom as our ability to do whatever we want. We are told […]
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Many folks have strong opinions when it comes to celibacy. It might be considered inspiring, virtuous, weird, unnatural, or even disturbing. Every seminarian must devote serious prayer and thought to […]
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May God who has begun the good work in you bring it to fulfillment.
“May God who has begun the good work in you bring it to fulfillment.” These are the words the Bishop says to the ordinandi (the men getting ordained) after they […]
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A Year of Transitions
I have enjoyed being a transitional deacon and the many blessings that come with it. One of the blessings of diaconal ministry has been preaching because of how mystical the homily preparation is. […]
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Christ keeps knocking until we are ready
This past weekend, His Excellency, Most Rev. Barry Knestout presided at his first Sunday mass at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart as the 13th bishop of Richmond. In his […]
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