John Freund, CM
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Distraction… or Insight?
After communion, I admit to being distracted by watching the line of people coming up to receive the Body of Christ.
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Shocking Statements!!!
The front pages of tabloid newspapers scream shocking statements. News pundits and internet “influencers” specialize in shocking “clickbait headlines.”
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Do You Have Memories of Your Grandparents?
My personal relationship with my grandparents is complicated. I never knew either my father’s or mother’s parents. Yet I know more about my great grandparents than just about anyone reading these words.
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Are Catholic Families Mirrors of God’s Love?
I have had a life-long interest in the family as an image of the sacramental marriages as “Mirrors of God’s Love” or the “church in miniature.”
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Episcopal Message Resurfaces (Part 2)
Highlights from Part 2 of a truly prophetic forgotten document published by the U.S. Catholic Bishops more than a quarter-century ago.
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Prophetic Episcopal Message Washes Up On Beach (Part 1)
The story echos one that appeared in the Washington Post earlier this year. A message in a bottle that traveled 3,200 miles helped heal a Maryland boy’s grief I knew I had to write something about the escalating violence in our culture. Then, as if discovering a...
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New Wineskins Today
This past weekend I experienced a bit of what is sometimes called an “earworm.” Some use this as shorthand for not being able to get a tune out of one’s head. In this case, it wasn’t a tune or the lyrics of a song. I kept thinking of Jesus’ image of the “new...
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Sundays with Luke – Stories Within a Bigger Story
Have you ever “binged-watched” your favorite TV series? If you have, you probably saw important themes you missed when you watched isolated episodes.
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Dressing an Old Story in Today’s Clothes
A good story reflects some reality even if it is told in different clothes.
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Listening to Sounds in the ER
I write this Vincentian Mindwalk fresh from an unplanned 24 hours in our local hospital.