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The Dumb Ox

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here His classmates would never have voted him Most Likely to Succeed. He pressed the scales at something like 300 pounds. He was shy and spoke slowly, if he happened to speak at all. His fellow students mocked him in Latin as bos mutus, “the dumb ox.” His mentor Albert (who would… Read more »

The Ends of the Earth

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Skellig Michael is a special place. For centuries this tiny crag of an island about 7 miles southwest of Ireland was known chiefly as the reclusive home of thousands of seabirds and a handful of monks. In December 2015 it became known the world over as that incredibly strange and beautiful… Read more »