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Father Esposito: The privilege of being a priest

Friday, May 5, 20230425 Spring, according to custom, is a most suitable season for weddings; the abundance of freshly bursting flowers signals that creation rejoices in the beginning of a new...

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Father Esposito: Happiness as the blessed life

Friday, March 10, 20230212 “Why should I be happy?” I wasn’t expecting such a snappy retort to my friendly question “Are you happy?”, even though the respondent was my scowling confrere...

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Father Bayer: Eucharist

Friday, November 25, 20220163 You may know the Church in America is promoting a National Eucharistic Revival. After a few years of grassroots initiatives, it culminates with a major event in July...

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Father Esposito: Why God allows you to be angry at Him

Friday, November 11, 20220578 A popular praise-&-worship song takes its title from the opening words of Psalm 89: “I could sing of your love forever.” The song stirs emotions to a blissful pitch...

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Father Esposito: Prison meditations on providence

Wednesday, October 12, 20220226 While awaiting a sham trial and certain execution for high treason, Thomas More prayed and wrote. Henry VIII had declared himself head of the Church of England, and the...

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Father Bayer: Discerning the will of God

Thursday, September 29, 20220156 One of the most laudable questions I receive is about how to discern God’s will. A decision is easy to make when the choice is between something right and something...

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Father Esposito: Technology’s trap and our humanity

Tuesday, September 20, 20220311 I reached a new low recently when I felt an overwhelming and irresistible itch to catch up on emails mere minutes after my first check of the day, which happened mere...

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Father Bayer: Spiritual direction from God

Sunday, September 4, 20220246 Every moment becomes a kind of sacrament, so to speak, since the treasures of grace lie concealed beneath what is very plain and visible.

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Father Esposito: The graced adventure of simplicity

Monday, August 22, 20220276 The future is not simply an adventure; it’s the adventure, according to the Latin roots ad, “to, toward” and ventura, “what will come.” While many students...

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Father Bayer: The Witness of Little Souls, Part 2