• Hands-on Prayer
    Hands-on Prayer
    June 9, 2023
    by Fr. Luke
    My favorite part of the Angelus was when we all bowed our heads...like chickens scouting for bugs in the barnyard.
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  • Mystic Plains
    Mystic Plains
    May 29, 2023
    by Fr. Luke
    Question: “Why is Kansas a lot like Heaven?” Answer: “Because it goes on forever!”
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  • Trailblazers
    Trailblazers
    May 22, 2023
    by Fr. Luke
    The maps we carried were hard to read. Trail markers were scarce. When we lost our bearings, we had no choice but to press on.
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  • Should Church be Fun?
    Should Church be Fun?
    May 1, 2023
    by Fr. Luke
    The message on the billboard proclaimed, "Church Should be Fun!" I shook my head, "What garbage!"
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  • Old Horse, Mad Cat
    Old Horse, Mad Cat
    April 24, 2023
    by Fr. Luke
    You can take the boy off the farm, but not the farm out of the boy.
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  • Preaching in Place
    Preaching in Place
    April 19, 2023
    by Fr. Luke
    The Word of God does more than echo within our minds and souls, it resounds within forests and stadiums, rumbles like traffic amid sky-scrapers and apartment buildings. It forms farms from the soil of the earth and assembles factories from the labor of workers.
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  • A Young Girl's Face
    A Young Girl's Face
    April 5, 2023
    by Fr. Luke
    She rushes to the shelves to rummage through piles of hand-me-downs. “Mira! Mira!” The word means “Look!,” but today it sounds more like “Miracle!”
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  • Burgers and Wedding Bands
    Burgers and Wedding Bands
    March 23, 2023
    by Fr. Luke
    "Looks like we'll be renting an apartment," says Travis. "Interest rates are mighty high right now."
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  • 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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