• Drenched
    Drenched
    March 14, 2023
    by Fr. Luke
    Water can carry ships, flood a city and, when pressurized, cut through stone like a child's finger through a piece of cake.
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  • You Never Know who You're Talking To
    You Never Know who You're Talking To
    March 10, 2023
    by Fr. Luke
    The elderly woman praying a rosary in the front pew of church? Her daughter is married to Ernest Hemingway’s son. The district judge who serves on the pastoral council? He was General Schwarzkopf’s driver during the first Iraq war.
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  • Purple Eggs in Eden
    Purple Eggs in Eden
    February 28, 2023
    by Fr. Luke
    Is the water in the creek safe for my cattle to drink? Will customers buy tomatoes at my roadside stand? Why are my chickens laying purple eggs?
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  • Saints in Rehab
    Saints in Rehab
    February 24, 2023
    by Fr. Luke
    I was fired up. I could hear conviction in my voice and felt intensity in my glare. But, as often happens when I assume the role of teacher, the instructor learned more than the students.
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  • In Cruce Salus
    In Cruce Salus
    February 15, 2023
    by Fr. Luke
    When I was a boy, my grandmother lived on a farm across the road from my parents’ farm. Like all grandmothers, she was the best grandmother in all the world.
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  • The Finding of Jesus…in the Stadium?
    The Finding of Jesus…in the Stadium?
    February 8, 2023
    by Benjamin Seago, seminarian
    Today, I shook Jesus’ hand. Well, kind of…
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  • Communion
    Communion
    February 1, 2023
    by Fr. Luke
    Ever try to convince someone that they are an important when they’re convinced they aren’t worth the time of day?
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  • A Tribute to Ian Tyson
    A Tribute to Ian Tyson
    January 23, 2023
    by Fr. Luke
    His songs swirl with dust, blizzards and the rugged life of ordinary ranch hands.
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  • Convocation at Jorge's Bar and Grill
    Convocation at Jorge's Bar and Grill
    January 18, 2023
    by Fr. Luke
    "I like my parish.” “What do you like about it?” “The men’s group.” "What do you do?” “We drink beer.”
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  • Desolation
    Desolation
    January 11, 2023
    by Fr. Luke
    It is late when I put the novel aside, but tiredness is not the reason that I close the book. I stop reading because the kid in the story is getting to me.
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  • Our Mother's Hands
    Our Mother's Hands
    January 1, 2023
    by Fr. Luke
    Whenever I contemplate the hands of Our Lady of Guadalupe, I think of the hands of my sister.
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  • Donkeys, Lambs and Buffalo
    Donkeys, Lambs and Buffalo
    December 26, 2022
    by Fr. Luke
    The park rangers asked if I would help vaccinate their herd of buffalo. “You bet!” I said.
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  • Bethlehem in the NICU
    Bethlehem in the NICU
    December 22, 2022
    by Fr. Luke
    I received a call to visit a mother and infant in a neo-natal intensive care unit. When I arrived at the desk, the nurse directed me to the wrong room.
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  • GPS Pilgrimage
    GPS Pilgrimage
    December 16, 2022
    by Fr. Luke
    The rector at the local cathedral is on a pilgrimage in the Holy Land. I covered his weekend Masses and experienced a pilgrimage of my own.
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  • Camouflaged Prayer
    Camouflaged Prayer
    December 9, 2022
    Most of my friends are hunters. But bagging game isn’t the main reason they hunt.
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  • Mothers in Advent
    Mothers in Advent
    December 2, 2022
    by Fr. Luke
    Her eyes were tired. “I’ll never be ready for Christmas,” she said.
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  • The Inner Coach
    The Inner Coach
    November 25, 2022
    by Fr. Luke
    Every defensive line has a weak player or two. Mine is a wide receiver who runs for the sideline to avoid getting tackled. I’m referring to my tendency to avoid conflict at all costs.
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  • Advent Road
    Advent Road
    November 19, 2022
    by Fr. Luke
    Mid-November finds me in the Midwest. Hunkered inside a cabin , I watch hickory boughs outside the window sway in the wind. Flurries swirl. Swaths of snow, thin as muslin, drape the ground.
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  • Perseverance
    Perseverance
    November 11, 2022
    by Fr. Luke
    We live in a time of division and the priesthood is not exempt: young vs. old; tradition vs. innovation; social justice vs. prayer and fasting.
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  • Of Fatherhood and Harvests
    Of Fatherhood and Harvests
    November 4, 2022
    by Fr. Luke
    Mighty grain elevators once stood guard over Texas farm towns. Today, less than a third of the aged watchmen report for duty.
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