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Fr. Austin
  • Mar 15, 2020
  • 3 min

The Best Thing to Ever Happen

What’s the best thing that has ever happened to you? Can you think of it right now? (Husbands and wives are looking at each other...

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Fr. Austin
  • Oct 27, 2019
  • 4 min

Remove the Mask

If you’ve ever been a patient in a hospital, you know the feeling. Weakness, vulnerability, need. The experience of illness or pain makes...

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Fr. Austin
  • Oct 20, 2019
  • 4 min

Our Book

A few years ago, there was a commercial during football games with folks gathered around a bar, or on a couch in a living room, or...

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Fr. Austin
  • Oct 13, 2019
  • 3 min

"Where are the Others?" Where are We?

“He was a Samaritan.” The sentence stands alone in the gospel today. Four words, but they say so much. This seemingly small detail in...

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Fr. Austin
  • Sep 15, 2019
  • 4 min

Restoring Distortions

The spiritual writer, Max Lucado, observed, “What’s the difference between mercy and grace? Mercy gave the prodigal son a chance; grace...

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Fr. Austin
  • Aug 4, 2019
  • 4 min

Fight Fear with Faith

What was the motivating factor for the man in Jesus’ parable today? As we hear about the farmer who has a fortunate streak, his actions...

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Fr. Austin
  • Jul 14, 2019
  • 3 min

A Dangerous Question

Scripture is full of questions – from God and from human beings. This weekend, our readings present us with more of these questions – and...

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Fr. Austin
  • Jul 8, 2019
  • 3 min

Be Sent

The kingdom of Heaven is at hand for you!” I want that to be the first thing you all hear me say! “The kingdom of heaven is at hand for...

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Fr. Austin
  • Jun 30, 2019
  • 3 min

How Do You Break a Hardened Heart?

Terrence Murphy was born in Tallenstown, Ireland (about 7 miles southwest of Dundalk), in 1800. He married Mary Hillard, a local girl,...

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Fr. Austin
  • Jun 23, 2019
  • 3 min

What Would Jesus Do?

“What would Jesus do?” We’ve all heard that phrase – it’s been in Christian parlance now for about twenty years, as I can recall. The...

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Fr. Austin
  • Jun 9, 2019
  • 4 min

Some Lessons in the Spirit

Luke Skywalker, the “last Jedi,” refuses to train the young Rey who comes to him looking for guidance in the ways of the Force. He is...

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Fr. Austin
  • May 26, 2019
  • 3 min

Changed for Good

The musical Wicked tells the story of the Land of Oz before Dorothy fell out of the sky. In the story, the Good Witch of the North,...

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Fr. Austin
  • May 19, 2019
  • 3 min

The Challenge of Love

How do we know that we are truly good Christians? Jesus gives us the best criterion today. That criterion is love. “I give you a new...

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Fr. Austin
  • May 14, 2019
  • 3 min

Priesthood: The Gift Continues

Today’s feast day teaches us a lot about the Church at work - and a lot about the gift of vocational discernment in the context of the...

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Fr. Austin
  • May 12, 2019
  • 3 min

Don't Just Be a Follower; Be a Disciple

“My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” What does that mean to us today? What is it to be one of the Lord’s sheep and...

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Fr. Austin
  • May 5, 2019
  • 3 min

An Invitation to Friendship

Who were these guys in that boat? The gospel opens today – after the Resurrection – with Peter, James, John, Thomas, and several other...

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Fr. Austin
  • Apr 28, 2019
  • 3 min

“We Have Seen the Lord”

During the Easter season, our First Readings will focus on the Acts of the Apostles – what they did and how the people responded to their...

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Fr. Austin
  • Apr 21, 2019
  • 3 min

Empty, but Full

What do you see when you look into an empty box? Nothing? That would be the first thing that would pop out of my mouth if a package...

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Fr. Austin
  • Apr 20, 2019
  • 3 min

A Shocking Night

Tonight is a night to be shocked. Everything about our liturgy this evening is meant to shock us – to shake us out of the routine, of...

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Fr. Austin
  • Apr 19, 2019
  • 4 min

“Why?”

“My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?” The cry of Jesus in the depths of His agony is one that has echoed throughout history in the...

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