The Four
There were three of them in the pew, and they looked at him the way people look at someone they have been expecting but are not entirely sure about.
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.
The Kept House
The basement smelled like the inside of a church - not incense exactly, but something older than incense.
The Crossing
He left Alton at five-thirty, which gave him more time than he needed and which was, he recognized, not an accident.
Faith & Life
When Did We Lose Our Humanity?
A banner on a fence - and the answer the Church gives this week
Faith & Life
At the Right Hand
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.
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Reflections
Clarity Comes Slowly. Then All at Once.
I spent two years praying for clarity. It didn't come in a flash. It came through the fog - slowly, then all at once.
Homilies & Reflections
Day Four
Why Jesus waited until it was "too late." #2MinuteHomily for the Fifth Sunday of Lent