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With a wooden ladle in one hand and her plastic recipe card in the other, Mrs. J. made her way from the kitchen stove to the hall corridor. She elbowed open the door leading to their finished …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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10/31/22
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Last month I highlighted some important topics that engaged couples should discuss before getting married. For example, the priest, deacon or parish specialist who is preparing them to receive the …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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9/26/22
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The Catholic Church reveres the sacrament of marriage as a sacred, serious, lifelong commitment between a husband and wife. Preparation for …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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8/29/22
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Which images or thoughts come to mind when we hear the word hell? For some people, hell is merely an expletive or a more emphatic substitute for heck. For atheists, hell is a fictional place of …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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7/27/22
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Despite the controversy over whether or not masks are effective for combating a virus, New York …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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6/30/22
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To promote their well-rounded education, a prestigious university in New York encouraged undergrads to enroll in extracurricular activities. These included team sports, study clubs, culturally …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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5/27/22
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Sharon Tate was a young, ambitious reporter working for a struggling local newspaper. Like many recently . …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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4/27/22
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This is a true story.
Michael had a younger brother named Roy, who was a medical doctor. On the day of Roy’s 40th birthday, his wife, Rachel, called Michael with an urgent plea. This is a …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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3/29/22
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Laughing Tears
Some humans tear up when they laugh, especially if their chuckle is loud and long. Listening to a gifted comedian or watching a sidesplitting routine can often have us reaching for …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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2/25/22
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You cannot serve God and gold (Matt 6:24).
In this translation, the word gold is an acceptable substitute for mammon since most folks have no idea what the word mammon means. New Testament …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R.
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2/1/22
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Do you remember the expression: those folks are of no account? This means the people being referred to have very little importance, significance or worth as far as the speaker is concerned. In other …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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12/29/21
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Nearly 3,000 innocent people were massacred on September 11, 2001. Here in Manhattan I witnessed the murder of 2,753 people inside the Twin Towers along with injuries to thousands of others in the …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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12/1/21
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Some people are mystified by the way secular words have come into our language as contractions for, corruptions of or calculated contradictions to religious phrases and sacred concepts.
One …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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9/28/21
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Accounts abound of how individuals found faith in God on September 11, 2001. But some people, including some young people, lost their faith that day.
Before his final interview for a lucrative …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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9/1/21
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The quote on the cover of the 2021 July 19-26 issue of Time magazine is misleading. Beneath a crestfallen image of Japanese-born Naomi Osaka, the world’s reigning female tennis champion, is the …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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7/26/21
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This month our country celebrates 245 years of liberty and justice for all. We proudly proclaim our sincere dedication to these two values, liberty and justice, whenever we pledge our allegiance to …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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6/28/21
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We all know that fatherhood has its pleasures and its pains. Witnessing offspring grow into healthy, intelligent and productive citizens makes a father feel as tall as a mountain and proud beyond …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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5/28/21
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More than two decades ago I was privileged to offer Mass each Sunday at a church in downtown Brussels, the French and Flemish bilingual capital of Belgium. The drive from where I was living and …
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By FATHER ROBERT PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R.
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4/27/21
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The greatest feast day in the Catholic Church is not Christmas, not Three Kings, and, although some might wish otherwise, not even St. Patrick’s Day. No, the three highest Holy Days in the Church …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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3/29/21
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On Ash Wednesday I asked a random group of undergrads to name the one thing that would be most difficult to give up for …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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2/28/21
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