Posted on November 14, 2013
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Right now you are reading this blog that I wrote a few days ago. Right now you are processing this sentence. That moment has passed and you are now left with this moment. Have you ever realized that ‘now’ is all we really have?… Continue Reading “Now: the duty of the moment.”
Category: enjoying the moment, fatherhood, fathers, focus, living in the moment, Parenting, time management, UncategorizedTags: Attention, Catherine de Hueck Doherty, Catherine Doherty, Duty, focus, Future, God, living in the moment, Thought
Posted on October 31, 2013
by Leo
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So complacency has led us to not live our lives to the full. Complacency has in many ways stolen our ability to see what this fullness even looks like. Worse of all, complacency has stolen our heart—the one thing we need to be fully… Continue Reading “Fully Alive: Part II – Waking the Dead”
Category: best self, complacency, fatherhood, fathers, fully alive, God, holiness, living, Parenting, surrendering, UncategorizedTags: Contentment, dying to self, Fatherhood, fathers, fully alive, glory, glory of god, God, Human, love, Marriage, parenting, Warm Bodies, Zombie, Zombie comedy
Posted on October 24, 2013
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There are so many things to fear in this world: death, being mugged, losing a loved one, loss of financial stability, cancer…the list goes on. I fear never becoming the man God has called me to be. There is something incredibly frightening at the… Continue Reading “Fully Alive: Part I”
Category: best self, complacency, dying to self, fatherhood, fathers, fully alive, God, holiness, Jesus, living, UncategorizedTags: Christianity, Contentment, fully alive, Glory (religion), God, Irenaeus, life, living, parenting, Saint Irenaeus, Satan
Posted on October 15, 2013
by Leo
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A few days ago I was in a Wal-Mart with my daughter Claire and I saw that they already had Halloween costumes out. There were two high school girls looking at the different outfits and I happened to overhear their conversation. The one girl… Continue Reading “The Skimpy Costume Dilemma”
Category: costumes, dignity, fatherhood, fathers, God, halloween, holiness, modesty, Parenting, Uncategorized, youth ministryTags: Costume, costumes, dignity, Fatherhood, fathers, girls, halloween, Halloween costume, Halloween costumes, holiness, modesty, Parties, sacred, skimpy costumes, youth ministry
Posted on October 9, 2013
by Leo
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The last couple of weeks I’ve noticed that my wife and I have been unable to spend a lot of quality time together. Claire is such a gift and we love her to death, but taking care of her leaves us exhausted. There are… Continue Reading “Mommy Daddy Time”
Category: date night, enjoying the moment, fatherhood, God, husband and wife, Parenting, UncategorizedTags: Date Night, Fatherhood, God, Grimm, husband and wife, Marriage, parenting, relationship, relationships, romance
Posted on August 21, 2013
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A number of years ago I started a blog that took people through my discernment process in the seminary (companionleo.blogspot.com). I was discerning if God wanted me to be a Catholic priest. I really enjoyed thinking, praying and writing about that experience. God had… Continue Reading “Seriously…a blog?”
Discovering Fatherhood 