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God and 9/11

September 10, 2016 Carl E. Olson 0

Editor’s note: This essay was originally written and posted on September 11, 2012.  ————- I hadn’t planned on writing much, if anything, on the anniversary of the murderous attacks of September 11, 2001, if only […]

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Feasting with Humility

August 27, 2016 Carl E. Olson 0

Readings: • Sir 3:17-18, 20, 28-29 • Ps 68:4-5, 6-7, 10-11 • Heb 12:18-19, 22-24a • Lk 14:1, 7-14 Years ago I came up with a little line that I use from time to time, […]

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From Eden to Eternity

August 15, 2016 Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers 0

Today’s magnificent solemnity of the Assumption of Mary into heaven began back in the Garden of Eden. In God’s mind from all eternity, when He decided to create beings made in His image and likeness, […]