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Jesus rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan. “You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.” Every once in a while I’ll do something that makes me pause and brings a smile to my face.  Sometimes that “thing” is a gesture.  Sometimes it’s something I just said.  Sometimes it’s the

“He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.” Everybody has an opinion these days, about everything.  Or at least it  appears that way.  It seems that nearly everything that happens, whether locally, nationally, or internationally, is soon followed by a barrage of all kinds of people weighing in with their opinions.  And not always

If you’ve ever had to do some sort of work or project or repair something in front of someone else, you know that it’s not really that enjoyable. And this probably is for a couple of reasons. One, it can be distracting (and annoying) to have someone standing right next to you watching and talking

As parents you all know that children have a hard time knowing what’s good for them. But they can’t be blamed. The truth is that they don’t know any better.  All because they haven’t lived long enough, neither have they had enough life experiences, nor had enough time to learn from their mistakes and lapses

Rather than celebrating the 20th Sunday in the Ordinary Time, Mother Church invites us to celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. I don’t have to tell you that we, as Catholics, believe some pretty unique things about Mary – things many other faithful Christians don’t embrace.  And while many of