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Why stand around, looking at the sky?

May 18, 2023 By Scott Robinson Leave a Comment

I was privileged to spend my first two summers after college performing at the Sterling Renaissance Festival.

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But why is she considered a saint?

April 16, 2023 By Scott Robinson Leave a Comment

Koñwatsi’tsiaiéñni or Mary or Molly Brant was, arguably, the single most influential advocate among the Mohawk Nation for keeping her people aligned with the British Empire.

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That They All May Be One

April 13, 2023 By Scott Robinson Leave a Comment

A high school friend tells the story of the first time his father, an East Texas boy, visited his mother’s family in the Bronx.

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A Body Like Ours

March 25, 2023 By Scott Robinson Leave a Comment

Mary must have been so frightened.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Annunciation, Blessed Virgin Mary, bodies, Feast Days, Jesus Christ

I am Patrick: Sinner, Uncultivated, and Despised

March 17, 2023 By Scott Robinson Leave a Comment

Saint Patrick blamed himself.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: education, evangelism, ireland, Patrick, saints

Necks of Iron, Foreheads of Bronze

March 14, 2023 By Scott Robinson Leave a Comment

“I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.” —Isaiah 48:4

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: disagreement, neighbor, Old Testament

Recognizing the Anonymous Righteous Among Us

February 24, 2023 By Scott Robinson Leave a Comment

According to Hasidic Jewish tradition, there are thirty-six Tzadikim Nistarim, or “anonymous righteous ones,” in the world at any given time.

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The Storm, the Whirlwind, and the Earthquake

February 20, 2023 By Scott Robinson Leave a Comment

“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.” —Frederick Douglass

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Finally seeing the goodness of the Lord

February 2, 2023 By Scott Robinson Leave a Comment

Every first-born male belongs to God, according to Exodus 13, and any family that wished to keep its first-born son instead of offering him up for religious service had to redeem him with a sacrifice in the Temple on the fortieth day after his birth.

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Explaining What We Believe

January 28, 2023 By Scott Robinson Leave a Comment

The priest, whose classmates had called him “the dumb ox” because of his huge stature and quiet demeanor, was Thomas Aquinas.

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