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Heavenly wedding etiquette

The blogsphere was atwitter a couple weeks ago as Saint Peter’s rolled out a new implementation of its strict dress code. that showed silhouettes of a man and a woman in casual clothing. Underneath was written ‘no entry’. Below were … Continue reading

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‘You got to forgive’

Talk about reverting something bad towards God; an f-word we can get behind. Hat tip to Creative Minority Report. your brother in Christ, Fr. Maurer

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Two common questions about confession

When it comes to confession, there are two questions that often come up. The first that comes up is about how to make a good confession – “what if I don’t know what to do?”. The answer is fairly straightforward … Continue reading

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Lazarus, Star Trek and new life

As we get closer to Easter (merely two weeks away!), the readings more directly speak to the presence of sin & death in the world and Christ’s role in the face of them. Last week we heard about the man … Continue reading

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Five things I’ve learned as a confessor

In preparing for the priesthood as a seminarian, there were a lot of things about priestly life that we anticipated with great joy and fairly worry-free (foolish though that was!). The Mass was the biggest part of that preparation. Confession, … Continue reading

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