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The Splendors of Creation
This Sunday our church celebrates its patronal feast day, St. Francis Day. We will indeed bless the animals. Each in their own heart carries images of St. Francis. And there is some historical evidence, though scant as it is. Like…
Read MoreOn Wings of Grace
We’ve always had someone who believed in us. If we hadn’t, we wouldn’t have made it this far through all the trials and tribulations of this life. We wouldn’t have made anything of ourselves. As a hymn puts it, “Blessed…
Read MoreTo Forgive and Reconcile
My next-door neighbor Tom – the one who taught me how to drive a big rig — told me one afternoon that his brother had gone to collect the rent at one of the houses he owned. His brother knocked…
Read MoreHoly Persistence
When I ran an ecumenical fair housing project for the San Gabriel Valley, I could always count on four faith communities: the Quakers, the Universalist Unitarians, Disciples of Christ and Catholics who believed in the social teachings of the Catholic…
Read MoreIn the Arena
Many of our presidents have been bigger than life. I suppose that just putting oneself forth in such a contest requires a fairly strong ego. It requires the conviction that you can win and it requires the conviction that you…
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