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Embracing the Mystery of Jesus Christ

| December 19, 2011

Fr. Antonio Giraldo shares with us how we can enter more fully into the mystery of Christ during the last week of Advent. You can listen here.

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Finding Time for Silence

| February 12, 2011

Spend some time in silence every day. Maxim #9 We live in a culture filled with noise. It saturates every nook and cranny of our modern world. It is difficult to go anywhere today without the sounds of engines from planes, trains and automobiles. Then there are the sounds of our televisions and ipods. Advertisements [...]

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Be Thou My Vision

| July 26, 2009

This week St. Thomas Parish is taking the opportunity to enter more fully into prayer by participating in five days of Eucharistic adoration. Many parishioners have already signed up for specific times of prayer throughout the week, but I hope many more will simply stop by the chapel as they are able, even if for [...]

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Serenity

| April 30, 2009

The Christian is by nature a man of gentleness and quiet, or serenity and peace. (Clement of Alexandria) The beginning of every backpacking trip requires a few days to leave behind all the noise and distractions that go along with the busy world we live in. The great thing about the most recent trip is [...]

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Centering Prayer

| April 9, 2009

As I mentioned in an earlier post, our final speaker at the recent CAPS conference, Anne Grizzle, spent her time sharing her thoughts on the value of contmeplative prayer. One of the most common ways to enter into this practice is through what is called Centering Prayer. Anne spoke of the seemingly natural connection between [...]

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Silence

| November 12, 2008

Listen carefully, my child, to your master’s precepts, and incline the ear of your heart (Prov. 4:20). Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father’s advice, that by the labor of obedience you may return to Him from whom you had departed by the sloth of disobedience. To you, therefore, my words are now [...]

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Mercy Street

| November 10, 2008

Yesterday in my homily I spoke about the need for Christians to pay attention to the foundations of our life as a Church before turning to the things that are built upon them. A few of the things I mentioned yesterday were a desire to know God, prayer (most especially the prayer of silent listening [...]

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