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The Archive

Dispatch #25   ·     ·   4 min read

The King Called Him Friend.

Twenty-eighth Sunday — the wedding feast, the garment, and what the king was looking for.

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Dispatch #24   ·     ·   4 min read

The Vineyard Was Planted Before You Got There.

Twenty-seventh Sunday — the tenants, the fruit, and the one room you already know about.

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Dispatch #23   ·     ·   3 min read

You Said You Would. You Still Can.

Twenty-sixth Sunday — the parable's second son, the man who keeps promising, and the turn that still counts.

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Dispatch #22   ·     ·   5 min read

He Showed Up at Five O'clock and Got Paid the Same.

Twenty-fifth Sunday — the vineyard, the man who grumbled, and the brother whose late grace you resent.

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Dispatch #21   ·     ·   4 min read

The Debt You Are Still Collecting.

Twenty-fourth Sunday — Sirach's question, the unforgiving servant, and the one man you haven't forgiven.

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Dispatch #20   ·     ·   3 min read

God Made You a Watchman. Silence Is Not Neutral.

Twenty-third Sunday — Ezekiel's post, the hardest conversation, and the two-or-three promise.

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Dispatch #19   ·     ·   3 min read

Last Week He Called Him the Rock. This Week He Calls Him Satan.

Twenty-second Sunday — the same Peter, one week later, and the cross he didn't want.

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Dispatch #18   ·     ·   3 min read

He Asked Them a Question He Already Knew the Answer To

Twenty-first Sunday — one fisherman's answer, and the keys that still turn.

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Special Send   ·     ·   2 min read

The Fast That Ended with Christ's Mark on Francis

It steps off Saturday — forty days to Michaelmas. The cohort marches together.

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Dispatch #17   ·     ·   3 min read

He Answered Her with Silence. She Stayed.

Twentieth Sunday — the Canaanite mother, three refusals, and the only "great is your faith" in the Gospels.

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Dispatch #16   ·     ·   3 min read

Christ Does Not Lecture a Drowning Man

Nineteenth Sunday — Peter sinks, and the order of what happens next is the whole lesson.

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Dispatch #15   ·     ·   3 min read

Five Loaves Against Five Thousand

Eighteenth Sunday — the arithmetic of the loaves, and the meal a father blesses.

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Dispatch #14   ·     ·   3 min read

The Treasure Is Buried in a Field You Already Own

Seventeenth Sunday — the buried treasure, Solomon's one request, and the soldier's debrief.

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Dispatch #13   ·     ·   3 min read

The Weeds You're Not Allowed to Rip Out

The wheat and the weeds — and the patience a father needs when he can see what's wrong.

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Dispatch #12   ·     ·   3 min read

You're a Farmer, Not a Closer

The Parable of the Sower — and why a father can't force the harvest, only work the soil.

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Dispatch #11   ·     ·   3 min read

Freedom Has a King

Independence Day weekend — what a Catholic actually means when he says he loves his country.

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Dispatch #10   ·     ·   3 min read

The Love That Ruins a Family

A hard Gospel about your wife and kids — and the ordering that lets you love them right.

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Dispatch #09   ·     ·   3 min read

The Bravest Thing a Father Does

Father's Day — and the Gospel that tells you what your children will actually remember.

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Dispatch #08   ·     ·   3 min read

The Laborers Are Few

The harvest is abundant. Christ is short of men. And the first field is under your own roof.

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Dispatch #07   ·     ·   3 min read

He Is Not a Symbol

Corpus Christi — the claim that emptied the room, because Christ would not take it back.

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Dispatch #06   ·     ·   2 min read

The Name Over Your House

Trinity Sunday — and the blessing every Catholic father is authorized to give.

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Dispatch #05   ·     ·   5 min read

Pentecost Is Not a Gentle Holy Day.

The Spirit who descended on the apostles is the Spirit of Fortitude. He still strengthens warriors.

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Dispatch #04   ·     ·   4 min read

He Took His Body with Him

Ascension Sunday — why the Catholic doctrine of the Resurrection is a doctrine for men.

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Dispatch #03   ·     ·   4 min read

I Would Rather See You Dead at My Feet

On Mother's Day — what Blanche of Castile taught the boy who would be Saint Louis.

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Dispatch #02   ·     ·   4 min read

Go to Joseph

Why I chose him. And why every Catholic man should know his name.

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Dispatch #01   ·     ·   4 min read

The Weapon in Your Pocket

A Dominican pope gave it to his fleet. It still works.

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