St. Ignatius of Antioch
Today is the feast day of St Ignatius of Antioch. He was the bishop of…
Deacon AllenOctober 17, 2013
Consider Your Ways
This reflection is based on today's reading from the Book of the Prophet Haggai (1:1-8)…
Deacon AllenSeptember 26, 2013
Make a Choice
When tenor Luciano Pavarotti was a boy, his father, a baker, introduced him to the…
Deacon AllenSeptember 19, 2013
The Power of the Power
It's Thursday morning: I'm working from home as I always do. The sun is shining,…
Deacon AllenSeptember 6, 2013
Blameless in Holiness
With today being the Memorial of The Passion of St. John the Baptist, the line…
Deacon AllenAugust 29, 2013
Pitching a Tent
I can remember going camping a lot when my boys were young. It was always…
Deacon AllenAugust 1, 2013
It’s All About Showing Up
I spent the day on Saturday with about 800 teens from across the Midwest as…
Deacon AllenJuly 28, 2013
One Returns; One Departs
I have returned from my week of silence and solitude, peace and prayer. There was…
Deacon AllenFebruary 27, 2013
Prayer, Silence and Solitude
The past three weeks have been mentally challenging for me, and I find the need…
Deacon AllenFebruary 16, 2013
The Importance and Power of Prayer
This article comes from fellow blogger Fr. Dwight Longenecker. I am re-posting this because it…
Deacon AllenFebruary 5, 2013
