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    <title><![CDATA[Four Days, Four Altars]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On weekday Mass, Confession, and what happens when you show up]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[What the Sabbatical Is Teaching Me]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On stepping back, saying no, and seeking first the Kingdom]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Spring Water]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 02:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On trout streams, sabbaticals, and coming to rest]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Guard Slipped]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On trimming, sabbaticals, and the work ahead]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Bird at the Window]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Sunday Night as our weekly Holy Hour started, when I was kneeling to chant O Salutaris Hostia, I could see a bird flying around the window above the sanctuary.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The End Is Where We Start From]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 08:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA["What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from." - T.S. Eliot, Little Gidding]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Slower Steps]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[What runner's knee is teaching me about humility and prayer]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Paying Attention]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On endings, beginnings, and a boy who noticed]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[What Clarity Feels Like]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A weekend full of ministry - and the deepest peace I've felt in years]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[From the Tomb, New Life]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Reflections on my fourth Triduum as a deacon]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Day Between]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A meditation on Holy Saturday]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[When Did We Lose Our Humanity?]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A banner on a fence - and the answer the Church gives this week]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[At the Right Hand]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[During the Eucharistic Prayer, as the priest raises the sacrifice to the Father, I stand to his right. 
 It's my proper place. The rubrics say so.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Go to Joseph]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A small banner and a daily reminder]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[No Backup Plans]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 17:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On faith, uncertainty, and stepping into the unknown]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Names We Carry]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On patrons, identity, and who's interceding for you right now]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Dust and Dreams]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Preparing for Lent in a season of building]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[What Disneyland Gave Me for the Second Half]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On clarity, flywheels, and the formation house I didn't know I was building 
 For months, I've been praying for clarity and courage. ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Offering the Miles]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 17:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Somewhere around mile eight, I hit the Presentation again. 
 I run with a finger rosary. It's the only way I've found to pray consistently through a half marathon - my mind wanders, my legs burn, but my thumb keeps moving bead to bead.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Name Before the Work]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 15:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[It was the summer of 1994 when I kept my vigil in the Order of the Arrow. 
 The OA is Scouting's honor society - you don't apply; your peers select you.]]></description>
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