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Saint Ignatius and a Flock of Minecraft Sheep

July 31, 2022 By Ben Day 2 Comments

When we got home, he downloaded Minecraft on my iPad, and I don’t mind confessing that for the next three straight hours, I engaged in what can only be described as “Ignatian Meditation, Version 2022.”

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Filed Under: Prayer, Saints Tagged With: Good Shepherd, Minecraft, parenting, vacation bible school

Talking about Policing on the Feast of Saint Michael

September 29, 2021 By Ben Day 4 Comments

Saint Michael and All angles can be an uncomfortable feast.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, police, St. Michael, St. Michael and All Angels

Resilience, Grit, and the Feast of the Holy Cross

September 14, 2020 By Ben Day 1 Comment

We have sterilized the cross. What began as a device of torture and execution now adorns bejeweled necklines, book jackets marketing to Christians, and all manner of art and decor.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: death, Feast Days, Holy Cross Day, Jesus Christ, pain, Passion

Who empties the trash? Who is Saint Bartholomew? 

August 24, 2019 By Ben Day 3 Comments

We were standing in front of an overflowing trash can in the neighborhood “fast-food chicken” franchise. It took me a moment to register my son asking me the question. I’d been daydreaming and lost in thought. 

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: apostles, divorce, Feast Days, questions, saints, St. Bartholomew

Staying in the weighty matters of death on Good Friday

April 19, 2019 By Ben Day 1 Comment

On Palm Sunday, during the reading of the passion gospel, my three and a half year old learned that Jesus died. On the one hand, I was swelling with parental pride for his calm attentiveness and understanding of the story. But on the other hand, I was worried about how this new information would begin processing in his young mind. 

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Filed Under: Lent, Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: death, Good Friday, parenting, resurrection, young children

What is Jesus really saying about divorce?

October 5, 2018 By Ben Day 2 Comments

I am a priest. I am going through a divorce. Imagine my excitement level as I prepare to preach Sunday on Proper 22 in Year […]

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting Tagged With: divorce, gospel, grace, Jesus

The Sin of Parental Pride

July 12, 2018 By Ben Day 1 Comment

Time for confession— I take far too much pride in my son. It is sinful. I am a realist and know the day will come […]

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: parenting, sin, social media

Barnabas teaches us to notice the supporting actors in our lives

June 11, 2018 By Ben Day 2 Comments

St. Barnabas, one of the earliest Apostles, is mostly a supporting actor in the story of the early church. In the drama of those first […]

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Saints, Uncategorized Tagged With: saints

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