Deacon Bob Evans
One Nation Under God
It seems that conflict has become the norm these days. Well, many centuries ago, the prophet Isaiah faced much conflict as well. The...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Jul 253 min read
We Are Sent to be Healers
In the Gospel reading for July 14, St. Mark told us that no sooner had Jesus called His twelve Apostles, He sent them out, two by two, on...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Mar 184 min read
Dying to See Jesus
The votes were counted and by a margin of more than 10 to 1 the measure passed. In the past few weeks, France became the first nation in...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Jan 253 min read
How Does God Call?
In the First Reading for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, we heard God’s call to Jonah to His service. Then, in the Gospel reading, we...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Sep 18, 20234 min read
Make a Difference in Our Times
Hostility, anger, division; it’s not by chance that we hear the words of Sirach for the First Reading on the 24th Sunday of Ordinary...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Jul 19, 20233 min read
Are We Ready?
The people of God have always been at odds with the world. Sometimes the conflict is very intense, sometimes not. I’m confident that many...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Jun 19, 20233 min read
Facing an Unsettled World
Facing a very unsettled world without feeling hopeless is one of the biggest challenges many of our young people deal with these days....
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Deacon Bob Evans
Jun 6, 20239 min read
A Chance to See it Anew
Recently, several people have asked me about annulments, so I thought it might be helpful if I addressed that subject in some detail here...
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Deacon Bob Evans
May 23, 20234 min read
What Are We to Do?
Jesus’ words beginning with: “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations” [Mt 28:19a]. are often referred to as the Great...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Feb 28, 20233 min read
All Belong to Christ
In Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. after speaking in very welcoming terms in the Beatitudes, He followed with a series of statements framed...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Feb 2, 20231 min read
Our Hope is in the Lord
My latest post was just published in the online magazine, Catholic Exchange. It’s titled: “The Babylon Captivity teaches: Our Hope is in...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Dec 21, 20224 min read
Stand Up and be Counted
As you may know, the Gospels were not written for the purpose of teaching history but rather to teach faith lessons using stories from...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Nov 16, 20221 min read
Walking the Parables of Jesus
Friends, yesterday I was interviewed for WCAT-TV in St. Louis by Mrs. Kiki Latimer, who teaches Homiletics at Holy Apostles Seminary in...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Jun 20, 20223 min read
The Wisdom of Love
It had been only a few weeks after her husband, Charlie, had died that Michael was visiting Charlie’s wife, Katie, in a nursing home in...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Mar 28, 20225 min read
The Invitation
The wicker creaked as he let the full weight of his 41-year-old frame into the chair. Bernard’s favorite moment of the day was when he...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Mar 10, 20222 min read
Your Chance to be Heard
There is something wonderful going on in the Catholic Church right now that I would like to make you aware of. Pope Francis has called a...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Feb 21, 20222 min read
The Need for the Sacraments
As we read the Gospel for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time [cf. Luke 6:27-38], we can almost hear people in the crowd grumbling: “He...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Jan 21, 20221 min read
Thank God Jesus was There
I’m a little “under the weather” recovering from Covid, so I thought I’d share something a little different in this blog post. Below is a...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Dec 20, 20213 min read
We are People of Hope
The First Reading for the Fourth Sunday in Advent this year comes from the Book of the prophet Micah [cf. Micah 5:1-4a]. In the time of...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Nov 23, 20213 min read
Will We Have the Courage?
Friends, the Bible is full of stories of God’s revelation of Himself in the lives of human beings. But they’re not stories filled with...
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