Deacon Scott
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Husband, Dad, Catholic deacon, teacher, love walking, hopeful pessimist
The more we are in the era of dopamine,” Rosalía says, “the more I want the opposite. . . . There has to be something that pulls us..."
"To show you that I've thought about you and missed you"
A couple of posts back, 2025 became the most prolific year on Καθολικός διάκονος since 2016. I don't mind sharing that I am proud of that fa...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The more we are in the era of dopamine,” Rosalía says, “the more I want the opposite. . . . There has to be something that pulls us..."
Homily for today's Memorial:
Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
Readings: 1 Mac 1:10-15.41-43.54-57.62-63; Ps 119:53.134.150.153.158; Luke 18:35-43 Today the Church remembers Saint Elizabeth of Hungary...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Homily for today's Memorial:
Homily for today:
With the elapse of many centuries, even a couple of millennia, the eschatological or “apocalyptic” dimension of Christianity grows more attenuated.
With the elapse of many centuries, even a couple of millennia, the eschatological or “apocalyptic” dimension of Christianity grows more attenuated.
Year C Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings: Malachi 3:19-20a; Psalm 98:5-9; 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12; Luke 21:5-19 When it’s all said and done what remains? What is left whe...
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November 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Homily for today:
With the elapse of many centuries, even a couple of millennia, the eschatological or “apocalyptic” dimension of Christianity grows more attenuated.
With the elapse of many centuries, even a couple of millennia, the eschatological or “apocalyptic” dimension of Christianity grows more attenuated.
Something I didn't want to go to waste. Makes a great Friday traditio:
Institution of lectors
Since Friday kind of caught me flatfooted again, I am posting something I wrote this week that was not used. Lest it go to waste, I am posti...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Something I didn't want to go to waste. Makes a great Friday traditio:
A few thoughts:
Marking a milestone
In addition to today being the universal Feast of Saint Martin of Tours , Armistice Day, and Veteran's Day, it is my birthday. It's my 60th ...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A few thoughts:
Instead of a new post, I am reposting this on the Pope's cathedral as Bishop Rome from 15 years ago:
"The Church you have in front of you now, in which you believe, is the Church that has inherited two thousand years of history" Luigi Giussani
"The Church you have in front of you now, in which you believe, is the Church that has inherited two thousand years of history" Luigi Giussani
Faith and memory on the universal Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran
In Is It Possible to Live This Way?: An Unusual Approach to Christian Existence, vol. 2- Hope , Giussani says, "faith is the recognition of ...
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November 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Instead of a new post, I am reposting this on the Pope's cathedral as Bishop Rome from 15 years ago:
"The Church you have in front of you now, in which you believe, is the Church that has inherited two thousand years of history" Luigi Giussani
"The Church you have in front of you now, in which you believe, is the Church that has inherited two thousand years of history" Luigi Giussani
On a Friday of movie watching:
Healing, watching
Well, I successfully posted a Friday traditio every Friday for 10 months. My reason for not posting one yesterday is that all week I have b...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
On a Friday of movie watching:
Monday homily:
It is tempting to say that Saint Martin de Porres was ahead of his time. What is really the case is simply that he took the Gospel of Jesus Christ into heart and endeavored to live it.
It is tempting to say that Saint Martin de Porres was ahead of his time. What is really the case is simply that he took the Gospel of Jesus Christ into heart and endeavored to live it.
Monday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time (Mem: Saint Martin de Porres)
Readings: Romans 11:29-36; Psalm 69:30-31.33-34.36; Luke 14:12-14 Saint Martin de Porres was a Dominican lay brother. He was born to a Sp...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Monday homily:
It is tempting to say that Saint Martin de Porres was ahead of his time. What is really the case is simply that he took the Gospel of Jesus Christ into heart and endeavored to live it.
It is tempting to say that Saint Martin de Porres was ahead of his time. What is really the case is simply that he took the Gospel of Jesus Christ into heart and endeavored to live it.
Today's homily:
In his Bull of Indiction for this year’s Jubilee... Pope Francis noted “The Jubilee indulgence, thanks to the power of prayer, is intended in a particular way for those who have gone before us, so that they may obtain full mercy.” (
In his Bull of Indiction for this year’s Jubilee... Pope Francis noted “The Jubilee indulgence, thanks to the power of prayer, is intended in a particular way for those who have gone before us, so that they may obtain full mercy.” (
Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls)
Readings: Wisdom 3:1-9; Psalm 23:1-6; Romans 5:5-11; John 6:37-40 “All Souls” is the shorthand designation for today’s observance. Its ac...
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November 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Today's homily:
In his Bull of Indiction for this year’s Jubilee... Pope Francis noted “The Jubilee indulgence, thanks to the power of prayer, is intended in a particular way for those who have gone before us, so that they may obtain full mercy.” (
In his Bull of Indiction for this year’s Jubilee... Pope Francis noted “The Jubilee indulgence, thanks to the power of prayer, is intended in a particular way for those who have gone before us, so that they may obtain full mercy.” (
Some thoughts as we start the Church's annual three-day festival:
"With this marvelous beginning, during the entire month of November, the Church urges us to remember those who have died and to pray and (gasp!) seek indulgences on their behalf."
"With this marvelous beginning, during the entire month of November, the Church urges us to remember those who have died and to pray and (gasp!) seek indulgences on their behalf."
"The Lord will keep you from all evil"*
Friday seems a fitting day for All Hallows Eve. I don't know about where you live, but here along the Wasatch Front, almost in defiance of a...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Some thoughts as we start the Church's annual three-day festival:
"With this marvelous beginning, during the entire month of November, the Church urges us to remember those who have died and to pray and (gasp!) seek indulgences on their behalf."
"With this marvelous beginning, during the entire month of November, the Church urges us to remember those who have died and to pray and (gasp!) seek indulgences on their behalf."
My homily for tonight:
The spiritual life is an embodied life. Otherwise, the Incarnation was in vain.
The spiritual life is an embodied life. Otherwise, the Incarnation was in vain.
Year 1 Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
Readings: Romans 8:12-17; Psalm 68:2.4.6-7.20-21; Luke 13:10-17 Flesh, spirit, body. What? In this passage, the words “flesh” and “body” ...
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October 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
My homily for tonight:
The spiritual life is an embodied life. Otherwise, the Incarnation was in vain.
The spiritual life is an embodied life. Otherwise, the Incarnation was in vain.
Some perhaps unimaginative thoughts on today's Gospel:
"Most Merciful God, we humbly confess..."
Gospel: Luke 18:9-14 Today's readings are an embarassment of riches. Well, we live in a new guilded age complete with robber barons. And ...
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October 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Some perhaps unimaginative thoughts on today's Gospel:
It's Friday all over again:
Hopeful cynicism
For me, 2025 has been just as strange as 2020, maybe even weirder. There are a variety of reasons for this both personal and professional, o...
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October 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
It's Friday all over again:
A homily for a Monday:
In 'The Grapes of Wrath,' John Steinbeck puts these words of the lips of his character Ma Joad: “If you’re in trouble or hurt or need – go to poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones" (chapter 26).
In 'The Grapes of Wrath,' John Steinbeck puts these words of the lips of his character Ma Joad: “If you’re in trouble or hurt or need – go to poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones" (chapter 26).
Year 1 Monday of the Twenty-ninth Week of Ordinary Time
Readings: Romans 4:20-25; Luke 1:69-75; Luke 12:13-21 Faith led Abraham to act. He acted in the hope that what God promised He would do. ...
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October 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A homily for a Monday:
In 'The Grapes of Wrath,' John Steinbeck puts these words of the lips of his character Ma Joad: “If you’re in trouble or hurt or need – go to poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones" (chapter 26).
In 'The Grapes of Wrath,' John Steinbeck puts these words of the lips of his character Ma Joad: “If you’re in trouble or hurt or need – go to poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones" (chapter 26).
Isn't the Lord's death and resurrection the pattern of Christian life?
Tension, trust, peace
Looking at the "Posts" page here on my blogging platform this morning (I feel so smart using such techie words), I noticed that there is so...
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October 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Isn't the Lord's death and resurrection the pattern of Christian life?
Thoughts on the Sunday readings:
"Expect a journey, not a miracle that dodges your responsibilities..." Servant of God Luigi Giussani
"Expect a journey, not a miracle that dodges your responsibilities..." Servant of God Luigi Giussani
Trusting God is an experience
Readings: Exodus 17:8-13; Psalm 121:1-8; 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2; Luke 18:1-8 "Our help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth." Dramatic...
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October 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Thoughts on the Sunday readings:
"Expect a journey, not a miracle that dodges your responsibilities..." Servant of God Luigi Giussani
"Expect a journey, not a miracle that dodges your responsibilities..." Servant of God Luigi Giussani
Some Friday reflections on joy and sorrow:
"Defend us... from all peril and dangers of this life"
Fall is beautiful. I love the transitional seasons. But you have to have winter and summer to have fall and spring. I believe this experient...
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October 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Some Friday reflections on joy and sorrow:
A homily the Monday of the Twenty-eighth week in Ordinary Time:
If the sign of Jonah the Lord referred to in our Gospel this evening is His resurrection from the dead after three days in the tomb, then the Lord extends this sign to us through the Eucharist.
If the sign of Jonah the Lord referred to in our Gospel this evening is His resurrection from the dead after three days in the tomb, then the Lord extends this sign to us through the Eucharist.
Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Readings: Romans 1:1-7; Psalm 98:1-4; Luke 11:29-32 If the sign of Jonah the Lord referred to in our Gospel this evening is His resurrect...
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October 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A homily the Monday of the Twenty-eighth week in Ordinary Time:
If the sign of Jonah the Lord referred to in our Gospel this evening is His resurrection from the dead after three days in the tomb, then the Lord extends this sign to us through the Eucharist.
If the sign of Jonah the Lord referred to in our Gospel this evening is His resurrection from the dead after three days in the tomb, then the Lord extends this sign to us through the Eucharist.
An excerpt from my homily for today:
Spiritually speaking, a Christian is a healed leper.
Spiritually speaking, a Christian is a healed leper.
Year C Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings: 2 Kings 5:14-17; Ps 98:1-4; 2 Tim 2:8-13; Luke 17:11-19 Rather than my entire homily, this week I am only posting the final fi...
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October 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
An excerpt from my homily for today:
Spiritually speaking, a Christian is a healed leper.
Spiritually speaking, a Christian is a healed leper.
A cloudy, rainy, somber day. But a joyful one nonetheless:
Friday funeral
In twenty-one, nearly twenty-two, years as a deacon, I have never celebrated a Funeral Liturgy outside Mass. This morning I will be doing th...
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October 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A cloudy, rainy, somber day. But a joyful one nonetheless:
Reposted by Deacon Scott
Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.
Chicago Heights priest begins walk for immigrant children from Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton
Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.
While the gift of faith is just that, a gift, it must not only be given but received.
The fruit of faith
Luke 17:5-10 Along with hope and love, faith is a theological virture. Unlike natural virtues, which can be acquired through habitus , t...
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October 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
While the gift of faith is just that, a gift, it must not only be given but received.
So, 2025, among other things (it has been challenging in numerous ways) has been a year of discernment
Oh no! Discernment, again?
Here it is October and I am dealing with the same thing I was dealing with in January. Time's relativity becomes more pronounced when going ...
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October 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
So, 2025, among other things (it has been challenging in numerous ways) has been a year of discernment
Jesus' intensive on being His disciple continues apace:
Closing the chasm between heaven and hell
Readings: Amos 6:1a.4-7; Psalm 146:7-10; 1 Timothy 6:11-16; Luke 16:19-31 Jesus Christ, as our reading from 1 Timothy so directly states,...
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September 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Jesus' intensive on being His disciple continues apace:
