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I have too much to do! Please forgive me for my absence. Since my last post a variety of activities have required more time than I expected, leaving no time for this blog. These activities include:

• volunteering as an assistant chaplain at my local hospital;
• developing further the radio show I co-host with my Brother in Christ, Dan Duddy, something that has required more work as we build upon it to our eventual podcast;

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Turning to God in Times of Trouble The many troubles we experience that put us into “foxholes” can certainly do that. Countless times I’ve heard people I know blurt out “God!” or “Oh my God!” when fearful, startled, shocked or desperate, but who in good times would either not profess any belief or faith in God or would reject either. But woe unto God and all his believers, if the atheist, agnostic or borderline believer/doubter
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Each spring I look forward to the first beautiful weather weekend at the Jersey Shore, so I can strap my bicycle onto my car and make the trek to Long Beach Island–or “LBI” as we regulars know it–and take a two-wheeled tour. That activity is easier to do before the peak summer vacation season hits, when the population can increase from roughly 10,000 to close to 200,000! I try to remember to check the direction
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“So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.” (Mk 16:19). OK. Am I stating the obvious, by saying the disciples’ jaws must have felt sore from dropping each time they saw Jesus after his resurrection? That seems a safe bet, particularly in the days shortly afterward. No one comes back from a Roman crucifixion, especially one that used
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“I am the Light of the world,” proclaimed Jesus in the 9th chapter of the Gospel of John, a statement layered with profound pastoral and–especially–theological meaning, meaning that we’ll discuss later. Two weeks ago, my (St. Mary’s) parish had its 2nd Annual Legacy of Virtue Father/Son Communion Breakfast and Commissioning Ceremony, and event aimed at restoring and strengthening a fading tradition. Over the centuries, generations of men throughout the world have known that one of their main
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