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December 19, 2016

Homeless, prisoners among pope’s birthday well-wishers

According to the Vatican press office, more than 70,000 birthday emails were sent to Pope Francis.

December 19, 2016

Archbishop Lori’s Homily – 4th Sunday of Advent

It is not as if the Lord is no longer seeking us. Usually, it is we who are hiding from the Lord – hiding behind our busyness and the defenses we’ve built to justify our sins.

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December 18, 2016

Baking bread during the final days of Advent

When we wake up, the world is glazed in ice. We aren't going anywhere for a while.I call my parents to see whether they still have power, and my father starts talking about baking. It's a baking kind of day, and he mentions cinnamon rolls."You probably don't have yeast," he

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December 18, 2016

New year, new frontier

After Mass this morning, Collin said, "Mom, I'm really scared of 2017. 2016 was such a good year and I'm not ready to see it end."I stopped and thought about what he said. In many ways he was right. 2016 was a great year. God blessed us with Teagan. We managed to

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December 17, 2016

An afternoon with my Great-Great-Great Grandmother

Last Saturday, December 10th, 2016, my parents, Collin, and I visited the Irish Railroad Workers Museum on Lemmon Street in Baltimore for their Irish Christmas Celebration. Alongside the apple cider, scones, and Celtic Christmas ornament crafts, we received a tour of two tiny row houses, one of which

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