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      • Spirituality and Steadiness

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        Something in us is dissatisfied with the ordinary. There’s something in the ordinary that can have us think that predictable routines, domestic rhythms, and commitment to duty can weigh us down......
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        Over my 25 years as a spiritual director, I don’t think I have quoted any line (apart from verses from the Gospels) more than St. Augustine’s dictum, “Our hearts are restless until they rest in you.”...
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      • Bishop Vincent’s Homily for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2026

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        At the end of the day, the choice to follow Christ that does not lead us to the cross and the place of suffering with victims of injustice is at best lukewarm and at worst a betrayal of the Gospel....
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        Purgatory is not a place, a geography separate from heaven. It’s the pain, metaphorically, of having the grain of wheat fall into the ground and die to come to a new fruitfulness....
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        For more than 40 years, the students, staff and families who make up the fabric of St John Vianney’s have embraced this call to support one another in faith....
      • Bishop Vincent’s Homily for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

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        God's Word makes it clear to us today that believing in him means also a rejection of the imperial mindset and practice that is contrary to the Christian ethics of justice, love and compassion....
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        There’s a difference between being in bloom and being fruitful. Take a flower for example. It begins as a wee bud, hardly noticeable, and eventually in full bloom grows into a beautiful flower....
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