Hodgepodge Archives - Deacon Allen Tatara Catholic Speaker https://deaconallen.com/category/hodgepodge/ Catholic Motivational Speaker Fri, 22 May 2026 18:25:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 One Sentence Homilies https://deaconallen.com/one-sentence-homilies/ https://deaconallen.com/one-sentence-homilies/#respond Thu, 07 May 2026 15:00:26 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=3579 The post One Sentence Homilies appeared first on Deacon Allen Tatara Catholic Speaker.

]]> https://deaconallen.com/one-sentence-homilies/feed/ 0 What A Beautiful Day https://deaconallen.com/what-a-beautiful-day/ https://deaconallen.com/what-a-beautiful-day/#respond Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:00:15 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=3428 “What a beautiful day,” I thought as I ventured out on a nature walk. The October sun was bright and warm while an autumn breeze gently blew through the trees,...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/what-a-beautiful-day/feed/ 0 More Than Just a Haircut https://deaconallen.com/more-than-just-a-haircut/ https://deaconallen.com/more-than-just-a-haircut/#respond Thu, 14 Sep 2023 15:00:53 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=3244 Last week, I went to get my haircut, like I’ve done so many times before. But this time, I experienced a flashback of a time when my haircut was more...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/more-than-just-a-haircut/feed/ 0 Fast-ing for Lent https://deaconallen.com/fast-ing-for-lent/ https://deaconallen.com/fast-ing-for-lent/#respond Thu, 23 Mar 2023 15:00:28 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=3086 It is hard to believe that we are in the fourth week of Lent – already. The days seem to be running faster than normal. Perhaps it’s time that we...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/fast-ing-for-lent/feed/ 0 When God Ran https://deaconallen.com/when-god-ran/ https://deaconallen.com/when-god-ran/#respond Thu, 12 Jan 2023 16:00:36 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=2968 Almighty God. The Great I Am. Immovable Rock. Omnipotent, Powerful, Awesome Lord. Victorious Warrior. Commanding King of Kings. Mighty Conqueror, And the only time, the only time I ever saw Him run Was when he...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/when-god-ran/feed/ 0 Happy New Year! https://deaconallen.com/happy-new-year-2/ https://deaconallen.com/happy-new-year-2/#respond Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:00:08 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=2876 Five…four…three…two…one…Happy New Year! Wait, time is already flying quickly enough without skipping an entire month. Despite the fact that it’s not January 1st, we are celebrating a new year (liturgically...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/happy-new-year-2/feed/ 0 The Power of Perseverance https://deaconallen.com/the-power-of-perseverance/ https://deaconallen.com/the-power-of-perseverance/#respond Thu, 03 Nov 2022 15:00:05 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=2847 “If you’re going through hell, keep going. ~Winston Churchill As all of us have aged, we have learned many valuable lessons that we wish we could have told the ‘younger...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/the-power-of-perseverance/feed/ 0 Sweet! https://deaconallen.com/sweet/ https://deaconallen.com/sweet/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:00:33 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=2832 Back in 2004, if you looked in the Urban Dictionary (and yes, there is such a thing – check it out here), you would have found a new word that...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/sweet/feed/ 2 Right Under Your Nose https://deaconallen.com/right-under-your-nose/ https://deaconallen.com/right-under-your-nose/#respond Thu, 29 Sep 2022 15:00:05 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=2819 Have you ever tried to look for something but somehow couldn’t find it? If you experienced this, you may have heard comments like: “If it was a snake it would...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/right-under-your-nose/feed/ 0 Beware the Yucky Stuff https://deaconallen.com/beware-the-yucky-stuff/ https://deaconallen.com/beware-the-yucky-stuff/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2022 15:00:56 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=2812 Ah, the seasons are a changing. I can feel it in the winds. Summer is trying to hang on with it nature-made hands, but its seasoned grip is beginning to...

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