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I recently read an article in the Wall Street Journal entitled, “How to Become a Supercommunicator.” by Charles Duhigg (sorry its behind a paywall). Duhigg posits that there are people in our community who are “supercommunicators,” people who are “better … Continue reading →

Two articles in the “Hartford Courant” of Thursday this week caught my attention in all kind of ways. They were both on page one of section 2, one above the other. The first was entitled “Leaders campaign to tackle loneliness.” … Continue reading →

This liturgical year, we hear the Gospel of Mark (with some Gospel of John sprinkled in) proclaimed at Sunday Mass. Mark’s gospel is the shortest of the four and is almost universally held to be the oldest of all the … Continue reading →

Sorry about being behind in posting this week. I preached a week’s retreat for some of the priests of the Diocese of Burlington Vermont so I spent a lot of my time last week and into this week prepping talks … Continue reading →

Epiphany Sunday, January 7, 2024 “And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed for their country by another way.” [MT 2:12] Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one … Continue reading →

There is an ancient practice of the Church, dating back to the time when Christians did not have calendars, in which the moveable feasts of the Church year are announced during the Mass on the Feast of the Epiphany. This … Continue reading →

This week of the Christmas Octave treats each day with the festive liturgical practices of a feast. Hence at Mass, even when we celebrate the martyrdom of St. Stephen, the Feast of St. John the Evangelist, the Holy Innocents, or … Continue reading →