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Commentary
Liz Quirin
- Make Good Habits Part of a Daily Routine
- A Most Precious Resource
- Being Christ to One Another
- Enlivening Spirits on Gray Days
- An Important Invitation
- Some Random Thoughts About Service
- Nurturing Young 'Dans' in Our Lives
- Aging Gracefully and Gratefully
- On Creating Holy Families
- Claim All of God's Children as Our Own
- Reflecting on Advent Opportunities
- Powerful People Must Remain Humble
- Young People Involved in Today's Church
- 'High Maintenance' People
- The Importance of a Cardboard Campout
- Fact-checkers Play Pivotal Role, Unfortunately
- Remembering 9/11
- A Time to Say Good-bye
- Remembering Religious on Their Anniversaries
- What Being 'Brother's Keepter' Means These Days
- Flag-Waving Ideals
- Being Part of the Body of Christ Not Always Easy
- Advice for Fathers on All Days
- Time to Live or Time to Kill
- Honor All Who Have Sacrificed
- Looking Forward With Faith
- A Road to Inner Peace
- Cards and Letters Meaningful
- Standing with the 'Least of These'
- A Reason to Smile, Just a Little
- A Few Questions for Your Lenten Journey
- Lent: An Interior Makeover for Life
- The Value and Dignity of Women at Any Age
- Look for a Year of Epiphanies in 2012
- Spreading a Bit of Christmas Cheer
- Traveling to Bethlehem with the Poor
- Starting a New Tradition
- More Than One Day Needed for Veterans
- Sharing Bounty at Harvest Time
- The List
- Troy Davis Is Dead; Do You Care?
- Remembering 9/11 on 9/12
- The Answer Is Unequivocally 'No'
- So Much Alike in Hoping, Dreaming
- Find a Little 'Extra' to Give Away
- Drawing Lines in the Sand for Children
- Look Close to Find the Heroes Among Us
- Professional Worriers Need Not Apply
- One Way to Deal With Self-Promoters
- Make Every Day an Important One
- Too Free With Someone Else's Work
- Driving Decisions
- Successful Bullies Can Make Behavior a Way of Life
- Praying with St. Francis de Sales
- Finding the 'Lagniappe' in Lent This Year
- On the Importance of Campus Ministers
- Open to a 'Mission' from God
- Two Wakes and a Baby Shower
- Finding the Face of Christ in Others
- The Magi as Guides of Gift-giving Traditions
- Reflecting on These November Days
- Images of the Homeless
- Becoming Part of the Communion of Saints
- Part of the Living Body of Christ
- On Being Out of Touch
- Starting a Conversation About Respect
- Seniors Need to Pass on Wisdom as They Age
- The Journey of an Authentic Person
- 'Love Your Neighbor' Means 'All' Your Neighbors
- Keeping Teachers in Our Prayers
- Elian Gonzalez at Home in Cuba 10 Years Later: Has Anything Changed?
- When Memory Fails
- Media Need to Step Up
- Remembering Memorial Day
- Time to Begin Intentional Healthy Living
- Taking a Closer Look at the 'Good Old Days'
- Sorting Through the Health Care Bill
- Dial Down the Threatening Talk
- Treating Everyone with Respect
- Believe and Trust That Lent Will End
- A Lent of Listening, Learning, Acting
- God, the People and the Catholic Press
- Ministering Until the End of the Day
- A New Member of the 'Communion of Saints'
- Merry Christmas George Bailey
- A Radical Kind of Hope Needed
- Thanksgiving Blessings by the Pound
- Children of God, One and All
- Faith Lost and Found in the Marketplace
- Shades of White and Grey
- The Office as Microcosm of Life
- Returning to Civilized Conversation
- Voices Raised for the Poor in Our Midst
- Glimpses of Holiness
- Understanding Faith in the Marketplace
- Living, Learning and Laughing With Family
- Working on a Watercooler Relationship
- Belated Happy Father's Day
- Learning to Live by a Moral Compass
- Help Wanted and Given - Free of Course
- 'Because I Said So'
- Memories of Camp Ondessonk
- 'Micro Chips,' Anyone?
- Friend, Can You Spae a Drink?
- CRS: Giving Hope in Times of Need
- Telling the Stories of Our Faith, Our Lives
- Let the Church Say Amen
- Living the Via Dolorosa
- Keeping The Messenger in Your Home
- Belonging to the Body of Christ
- Time for Some Christmas Enthusiasm
- 'Living the Spirit of Christmas
- At the Top of the News ...'
- A Grateful Time of Year
- Jesus' Political Affiliation
- 'Space' Crucial in Our Lives
- Thanking Guardian Angels on Their Feast Day
- Finances and the Infant of Prague
- A Time to Harvest
- Good to Celebrate Labor Day
- Saintly Devotions or 'Chain Mail'
- All About the Money
- Skinned Knees and Other Scars
- Life and the Stock Market
- Hot Enough to Give More Than Change
- Every Journey an Adventure
- Learning the Definition of Humility
- Depression in Rural Areas a Real Problem
- High School Memories of the Sisters
- Finding Community Wherever We Land
- Musings About One Particular Easter
- Of Dentures and Other Things
- Young People Belong to All of Us
- Catholic School Experience Can Change Lives
- Goals, Not Resolutions in New Year
- Christmas Memories - Old and New
- The 'Positives' of Christmas Preparations
- Finding Faith in Guatemala - Mine and Theirs
- 'Subprime' Characters on Their Way Out?
- First Days Always to Be Treasured
- Taking a Stand Against Violence
- Feeding the Birds Takes on New Meaning
- Health Care Quagmire: Enough to Make You Sick
- Ready for the First Day of School
- Taking a Journey of Hope
Father
Roger Vermalen-Karban
- The Power of the Spirit
- The Presence of Jesus' Spirit
- The Gentile Church
- Resurrection Experience
- Surfacing God's Kingdom in Our Lives
- A Liberated People
- 'Morning After Morning ...'
- The Continuing Struggle
- A Too Generous God?
- Unique Frame of Mind
- Doing What God Wants
- Faith in Jesus Unifies
- 'Here I Am, Lord'
- Inheriting Prophets' Pain
- The Body of Christ
- Gifts of the Spirit
- Finding Out God's Plan for Us
- Magi: Unexpected Visitors
- Feast of the Holy Family Highlights Family Relationships
- Doing God's Work
- After the Christmas Season
- An Ongoing Process
- Building Proper Relationships
The Unkingly King - Revelation Message
- The Widow's Mite
- God and Neighbor
- Walking Behind Jesus
- Jesus Becomes One with Us
- God's Kingdom
- Bible's Evolving Morality
- Spirit of Vatican II
- Power Over God/Others
- 'First Misunderstander'
- Original Gospel Readers
- Biblical Salvation
- Scriptural Salvation
- A 'Wisdom Debate'
- Elijah's Wrong Direction
- Jesus' Frame of Mind
- An Internal Liberation
- Gospel Theologies
- More Powerlessness
- Powerless Prophets
- Immitating Jesus' Justice
- What God Calls Us to Do
- No Instant Results
- The Covenant Cup
- Surfacing God's Personality
- The Disturbing Spirit
- The Inclusive People
- 'Love'/'Like Difference
- Truth of Heresy?
- Preacher/Preached
- Recognizing Jesus
- Water and Blood
- The Easter Vigil Liturgy
- The Human Jesus
- The Seed and the Greeks
- The 'Realies' and the Fakes
- Jesus' Covenant
- 'Truly Timeless' Language
- One Hundred Eighty Degrees
- Keep It in the Present
- Excluding 'Chaos'
- Temptation of Security
- Jesus' First Miracle(s)
- Jonah's Problem with God
- Listen: God May Be Calling
- Matthew's Sledgehammer
- What Does God Expect of Us?
- God's Word Constantly Breaks into Our Lives
- Mysteries Unfold in Our Lives
- Recognizing Jesus - Still
- Something Big to Happen
- The Community's Gifts
- Becoming Other Christs
- Risk in Using Our Gifts
- Scripture's Afterlife
- Scriptural Authority
- Doing Good and Avoiding Evil
- Caesar's Coin Trumped
- The Three Questions
- God Controls Faith
- Knowledge and Experience
- Unfair Rule Changes?
- Control and Forgiveness
- Not Scriptural Quotes
- The Prophet's Complaint
- Glory to God and Jesus
- Jesus, the Reformer
- The God Who Stays
- God's Gifts Are Free
- The Wise Person
- God's Might and Lenience
- God's Powerful Word
- Faith 'Trajectories'
- 'Body of Christ' Theologies
- What's in a Name
- Shortcut to Baptism
- 'Ascension' Narratives
- The Spirit's Presence
- The 'Both-And' Approach
- Preacher to Preached
- 'In the Breaking of the Bread'
- The Jesus of Faith
- Heavenly Details
- Better Than Expected
- Heavenly Details
- Light in Darkness
- Surprisingly Free Gifts
- On the Road
- Original Sin
- Knowing and Doing
- Fear of Being Alone
- We and God: the 'Others'
- The Kingdom of God Now
- Emphasizing Uniqueness
- Wisdom or Nonsense
- The Unity of Baptism
- Experience of 'Failure'
- Becoming Other Christs
- Journey to Peace
- Remembering the Future
- Great-grandmother Ruth
- A Vindictive God?
- Jesus, the Pharisee
- Down-to-Earth Presence
- Scriptural 'Farewell Discourses'
- Hold Fast to Hope
- Naaman, the Syrian Leper
- A Mustard Seed Faith
- Imperiled Future
- Jesus' 'Hypocrites
- Ancient Cherubs
- Foreshadowing Abolition
- The 'Emily Post' Sections
- Noticing the Unexpected
- Our 'Anawim' Ancestors
- Faith: Burden or Trust?
- The Bible and Wealth
- A Special Relationship
- Beyond Cultural Limits
- Jelly-stained Morality
- The Two Jerusalems
- The 'Call Narratives'
- A New Creation
- Personal Relationship
- The Eucharistic Concept
- Questions and Answers
- The Spirit's Presence
- Jesus' Ascension
- The Gentile/Jewish Issue
- Love Destroys Control
- All Are Welcome
- Going Back to 'Work'
- Jesus' Imitators
- The Baptism Liturgy
- Identifying with Jesus' Humiliy
- God Acts in the Present
- The New Normal
- The Name of God
- The Role of Myths
- From 'He' to 'We'
- Gospel Beatitude Versions
- The 'Call' Narratives
- Unwelcome Prophets
- The 'Aha' Moments
- Jesus' Epiphanies
- A Joyful Experience
- Writing for Jewish Christians
- The Infancy Narratives
- Luke's Stellar Example
- The Advent Journey
- Not a History Lesson
- From Heaven to Earth
- Jesus as King
- Apocalyptic Writings
- Exhibit A: The Widow's Mite
- Saints Are the 'Other'
- The 'Disciple Arrives'
- The Times and the Vision
- The Kingdom of God
- Creation's Oneness
- The Spirit's Freedom
- Changing Environments
- A Listening Person
- Eucharistic Equality
- Identifying God's Laws
- Faith Is Not Static
- Practical Applications
- Enough Already
- Manna and Quail
- Feeding Narratives
- An Emphasis on Justice
- Real and False Prophets
- Gospel Changes
- 'Justice Is Undying'
- Calming the Storms
- Covenant Commitment
- Jesus' Continuing Presence
- The Spirit's Gifts
- The 'Beyond' Experience
- The Gentile Inclusion
- Recongnizing Jesus
- Shepherd Imagery
- Not Four Biographies
- Early Christian Conflicts
- The Gratitude Intended
- The Heart Covenant
- Theology of Guilt
- The Christian Covenant
- Francis of Assisi's Practice
- The Cup and the Covenant
- God's Present Actions
- Touching the Leper
- Choolsing the 'Beyond'
- Evil and Demons
- The Unrepentant Jonah
- Our Unique Calls
- Jesus' Baptism
- The Roads to Jesus
- Biblical Families
- The Lord Is With You
- Identifying Prophets
- Exact Copy of the Past?
- The Downpour Umbrella
- The Servant King
- Center and Outskirts
- Christian Sacred Places
- Vying Principles
- A Priority of Laws
- The Sacred and Profane
- Unique Frame of Mind
- Correcting Discrepancy
- Transitioning to Eternity
- 'Why?' and 'Why Not?'
- The Jeweled Cross
- Disciples and Apostles
- An Experience of God
- Not 'Jesus Biographies'
- Making the Complex Simple
- Room for 'Wrong Turns'
- Feed Them Yourselves
- Frame of Mind
- Be Careful Cleaning Up
- Because God Said So
- The Prophetic Donkey
- Ignorance Is Bliss?
- Jeremiah's Predicament
- Including the Unworthies
- The Pentecost Spirit
- Ascension Narratives
- How Do I Know?
- Solving a Problem
- A 180-degree Turn
- The Path of Suffering
- Christians' One Goal
- The Promise of Life
- Before or After
- No Golden Age
- Changed by the Call
- Temptation and Evil
- The Experience of Failure
- A change in Words
- Living in a Family of Faith
- The Community Connection
- The Real Reinterpretation
- Looking for Another?
- Unexpected Phenomenon
- Like Water in the Sea
- Does God Really Care?
- Valuing Jesus' Presence
- Dying and Living With Jesus
- Talking to the Enemy
- God Is All About Justice
- God's Multi-faceted Way
- Enfleshing the Dream
- The Unchained Word
- Have a 'Happy' Faith!
- God's 'To Do' List
- Either/Or - Both/And
- Breaking Through Limits
- ‘Mind-Expanding’ Business
- The ‘Ins’ and ‘Outs’
- Forgiveness a ‘New Way’
- Memorable Scripture Passages
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