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(Luke 2:16-21) Happy New Year everyone! I hope and pray that this new year holds many blessings for you, that it is a time of grace and healing and light…
(Luke 2:16-21) Happy New Year everyone! I hope and pray that this new year holds many blessings for you, that it is a time of grace and healing and light…
(This is the introduction to the book, "Apostle of Peace: Essays in Honor of Daniel Berrigan," published by Orbis Books in 1996.) I first met Daniel Berrigan in the early…
(Luke 2:41-52) Merry Christmas everyone. We continue to celebrate the birth of Jesus and today we celebrate the Holy Family and hear this famous story of the 12 year old…
(Luke 2:1-14) Merry Christmas everyone! I wish you all great joy as we celebrate the birth of Jesus. I just want to reflect with you for a moment about the…
December 21, 2003 (Luke 1:39-45) The purpose of Christianity, the meaning of life, the goal of the spiritual life, and the answer to all our questions is love. Jesus says…
(Luke 3:10-18) Next week we celebrate Christmas, so we are invited once again during these holy days of Advent to pray for the Advent graces of light, hope, peace and…
(Luke 3:1-6) We celebrate the second Sunday in Advent, and we continue our Advent journey of light and grace and hope and peace, preparing a way for the coming of…
The Rev. John Dear, pastor of St. Joseph's Church in Springer and an outspoken anti-war activist, makes no apologies for his run-in with a group of National Guard members last…
I live in a tiny, remote, impoverished, three block long town in the desert of northeastern New Mexico. Everyone in town--and the whole state--knows that I am against the occupation…
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and that we can make this holy season of Advent a special time of hope and prayer and grace and light and waiting…