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I have decided to work through the Spiritual Exercises again
I have decided to work through the Spiritual Exercises again during my nine month stint as a Chaplain Resident. I have begun with the pre-Exercise exe...

So on this day, the anniversary of my ordination to the
So on this day, the anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood, and as someone who wrote a book entitled: A Sheep Among Wolves, the first line of ...

Then someone from the crowd said, “Teacher, tell my brother to
Then someone from the crowd said, “Teacher, tell my brother to share his inheritance with me!” Jesus said, “Hey guy, who made me the judge and...

Our obligation is to do God’s will, and not our own. We must
Our obligation is to do God’s will, and not our own. We must remember this if the prayer that our Lord commanded us to say daily is to have any mean...

“Not everyone who calls me ‘Lord,’ will enter into the
“Not everyone who calls me ‘Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but only those who do what my Father in heaven wants him to do. There ...

The Mirror A Poem by Father R. Joseph Owles You are a mirror
The Mirror A Poem by Father R. Joseph Owles You are a mirror -- In you I see my own reflection; In you I see what I have let myself become. I fear y...

As the time of his death was getting closer, he looked long and
As the time of his death was getting closer, he looked long and hard toward Jerusalem and set off in that direction. He sent messengers ahead of him. ...

My view then [in seminary], and for the most part, my view now is
My view then [in seminary], and for the most part, my view now is that the finite can only describe the infinite in paradox and metaphor. Nothing I sa...