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Embracing the Unknown
September 09, 2025 | Read Online Embracing the Unknown On our anniversary trip to Disneyland last week, my wife and I went on another of the many rides that…
Deacon Michael Halbrook
Faith, family, work, and life - all intertwined.
Permanent deacon of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. Husband, father of four sons, builder of Catholic technology, and writer of essays, fiction, and homilies.
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To go out on top? Or with your team?
September 15, 2025 | Read Online To go out on top? Or with your team? What’s more important? A win – or your commitment to your team? Our youngest was very …
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#2MinuteHomily: You Cannot Serve both God and...
September 15, 2025 | Read Online #2MinuteHomily: You Cannot Serve both God and... #2MinuteHomily + a challenge for the weekSeptember 21, 202525th Sunday in …
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#2MinuteHomily: Not My Plan
November 12, 2025 | Read Online #2MinuteHomily: Not My Plan #2MinuteHomily + a prayer for the weekNovember 16, 202533rd Sunday in Ordinary Time The post #2M…
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#2MinuteHomily: Blessing Bags
September 23, 2025 | Read Online #2MinuteHomily: Blessing Bags #2MinuteHomily + a challenge for the weekSeptember 28, 202526th Sunday in Ordinary Time The p…
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Don’t Miss the Water Stops
November 09, 2025 | Read Online Don’t Miss the Water Stops Proclamation of the Holy Gospel & HomilySunday, November 9, 2025Feast of the Dedication of th…
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Memento Mori: The Skull That Whispers Eternity
September 30, 2025 | Read Online Memento Mori: The Skull That Whispers Eternity Today is the Memorial of Saint Jerome, one of the great Doctors of the Weste…
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Tears, Humanity, and Divine Mercy
September 23, 2025 | Read Online Tears, Humanity, and Divine Mercy It was a hard week. It was the kind of week that reminds us that the Christian life can b…
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Fragile
October 21, 2025 | Read Online Fragile We are fragile beings in fragile bodies, and we ought to look out for one another. My mother-in-law Mary has been fac…
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13.1
November 12, 2025 | Read Online 13.1 What do you learn running a Half Marathon? A couple of weeks ago, my oldest son and I were able to spend a long weekend…