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Holy Father

So I found myself in Rome a second time this year. The first time I spent my days searching the Scriptures with young priests and future priests, seeding long lifetimes of future preaching and prayer. This time I was able to spend some time in conversation with an older priest who certainly doesn’t need my […]

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Fathers Forever

“You are a priest forever!” Catholics find joy in that verse, first uttered in the Old Testament and then echoed in the New. In Psalm 110 it refers to the Son of David—specifically to King Solomon, but also to all the men in his line who occupied the throne. They were not only kings, but

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Break Dancing

Spring Break. If you believe the cable networks, it’s the time when college students cut loose and go wild. I haven’t seen the so-called reality shows, but I suspect that they’re as staged as anything on Broadway. Still, there is a kernel of truth, and it holds true even for professors. I know that I

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Turn, Turn, Turn

There are years when it’s a delight to turn the calendar pages, and this is one of them. I realize that not every place on the map experienced the epic storms we had in eastern Ohio, but many odd corners got at least a dusting of snow. It fell in forty-nine out of fifty United

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