Deacon Bob Evans
A Different Way of Listening
At Jesus’ Ascension, as He was preparing His disciples and eleven remaining Apostles for His departure, He instructed them to "Go into...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Jan 28, 20203 min read
It's in Your Hands, Lord
It was winter, 1917, just outside Cairo, Egypt. A young Bible School teacher who was serving as a chaplain to the British troops in North...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Dec 28, 20193 min read
Keeping Joy Alive in Our Hearts
The wrapping paper has all been bundled up; friends and family have headed home; the kitchen has been rescued and restored; our sense of...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Nov 27, 20192 min read
Sometimes It Takes Thorns
The tradition in America of reserving the fourth Thursday in November for giving thanks to God for our blessings dates back to the days...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Nov 2, 20194 min read
If Only For a Little While
Today is All Souls Day, the day on which we remember our loved ones who have gone before us. Our ability to remember is one of God’s...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Oct 13, 20193 min read
Why We Believe
You are so special to God that, at the moment of His choosing, He breathed life into you, and you became a human being. It was then that...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Sep 29, 20195 min read
Having No Burden to Carry
Shortly after the first Christian missionaries came, in 1834, to the region in northern India known as the Punjab, two monks were...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Sep 11, 20194 min read
Cries of the Heart
Exhausted, they hurried away from the city and into the morning sunrise. They needed a place to hide; they could just see their village...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Sep 2, 20194 min read
You Are Not Helpless, I Am Here
Remember, O most compassionate Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Aug 4, 20195 min read
He Said You'd Do What is Right
It had snowed during the night and Ben sensed a sacred silence in the air as he looked out the window. He’s served as the only teacher in...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Jul 21, 20194 min read
Strangers at the Door
There’s an old Hebrew saying that goes: “The stranger at your door is a guest sent by God.” That saying has its roots in the passage from...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Jul 6, 20193 min read
Walking in Twilight
For many of us, life seems a lot more difficult these days. Some of it, of course, is because we’ve aged. But, life itself seems much...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Jun 21, 20194 min read
Father’s Day, Great Good from the Most Unexpected
There's an inspiring connection between the Parable of the Mustard Seed and the origins of Father's Day. Let me explain.
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Deacon Bob Evans
Jun 9, 201910 min read
Jesus’ Encounter with Woman in Tyre -2
As I pointed out in my previous post, both Matthew and Mark tell us that, following their celebrating Passover in Jerusalem, Jesus had...
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Deacon Bob Evans
May 25, 20199 min read
Jesus’ Encounter with Woman in Tyre -1
In my first post, I said that I like to bring Scripture passages alive by placing them in the social and cultural contexts in which they...
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Deacon Bob Evans
May 10, 20194 min read
It Seemed to Fall on Their Hearts
The tragic fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, on April 15, 2019, has had a more visceral effect on many people than we might have...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Apr 26, 20193 min read
Embracing Mercy
If only we better understood mercy, I think more people would readily embrace God’s Divine Mercy. Sadly, in recent times, the English...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Apr 11, 20194 min read
Why Did Jesus Have to Suffer?
As we approach Holy Week, my thoughts go to a passage in Luke’s Gospel which is one of the alternate readings for Easter Sunday [Luke...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Apr 3, 20196 min read
Beliefs That Hold Us Together
People have always been aware of their differences with others, whether it’s ethnicity, or social status, or education, or religious...
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Deacon Bob Evans
Mar 22, 20194 min read
My First Post
Hi, I’m Dcn. Bob Evans and I’ve been a deacon in the Roman Catholic Church for more than 12 years. I’m accustomed to speaking to people...
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