Listen to the podcast. What can I say about today that I didn’t just say Wednesday? On December 9 we recognize the saint that the Blessed Mother visited. Today we celebrate the visit itself. Maybe the best way to deal with today’s feast is to meditate on a couple of questions. Why did Mary choose [...]
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Listen to the podcast. I guess the word for this week is humility. Yesterday we heard those famous words of the blessed virgin, “May it be done to me according to your word.” Today we remember Saint Juan Diego, the first native-born North American to be canonized. The Blessed Virgin appeared to Juan Diego for [...]
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Listen to the podcast. “May it be done to me according to your word.” When was the last time you spoke these, or similar, words to God? Can you remember? Or maybe a better question might be, when was the last time you listened quietly to God? You can’t say “yes” if you don’t hear [...]
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Listen to the podcast. It’s only natural to think of children in these Advent days. For one thing, we’re all waiting for the coming of a child. No, not just a child: the child. The Son of God. That’s what Advent is all about. It’s also a special time for all children. We see the [...]
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Listen to the podcast. In Luke’s Gospel today we’re introduced to the adult John the Baptist. Luke quotes the words of the prophet Isaiah: A voice of one crying out in the desert: “Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths. Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill shall be [...]
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Listen to the podcast. n today’s Office of Readings, Saint Cyprian offers these words on the value of patience. He writes: “Patience is a precept for salvation given us by our Lord, our teacher: Whoever endures to the end will be saved. And again “If you persevere in my word, you will truly be my [...]
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Listen to the podcast. “GIGO”, Garbage in-garbage out, is a phase used in the world of computer programming. It means that your results are only as good as the raw material that you put in. In our modern world there’s no shortage of “garbage” to put into our minds and bodies. Garbage in-garbage out. As [...]
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Welcome back to DeaconCast. It’s Monday, November 30, the last day of the month and the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle. Andrew was a disciple of John the Baptist before he was called to follow Christ. Here’s what St. John Chrystostom had to say about Andrew, from today’s Office of Readings: “After Andrew had [...]
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Listen to the podcast. The word advent comes from the Latin adventus, meaning to come into being. The word is used in modern times capitalized as the season when Christians prepare for the coming of Christ. Uncapitalized it means the introduction of. For example, communications were changed with the advent of personal computers. The word [...]
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Sun, 7 December 2008 DeaconCast_1 My name is Mike Buckley. I’m a permanent deacon in the Archdiocese of Saint Louis. I’ve been married to my lovely and talented wife, Janet for just over forty-one years. We have four grown (?) children and two grandchildren. You will be hearing more about them in the future. I’m [...]
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