We just got back from a mini-vacation in the States: we spent 3 days shopping in various cities in Washington State. When we weren’t shopping (Gail’s favourite), we were either swimming (the kids’ favourite), eating (Daddy’s favourite) or sleeping (a family favourite…especially Jacob’s). It was a wonderful getaway while Gail and the kids are on [...]
2011
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Hotel Habits
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Emulating Mary’s “Yes”: God Doesn’t Call the Qualified, He Qualifies the Called
Today is the Annunciation, the Christian celebration of the announcement by the archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would become the mother of Jesus Christ. Despite being a virgin, Mary would miraculously conceive a child who would be called the Son of God. As my friend and colleague Tom East said so well [...]
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CCC – Clay’s Canucks Commentary for March 20, 2011: Putting Things into Perspective
For this CCC, I take a more mellow and serious approach and reflect on the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and the fluke eye injury suffered by Canucks center Manny Malhotra. As exciting as this season has been and as much as we are looking forward a long playoff run, it’s important to keep [...]
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Hungry for Jesus
This past weekend, Jacob’s child-like faith reminded me as to how I should approach receiving Jesus every time I am at Mass. Jake received his First Communion on February 26 and since that point had received communion from our 2 parish priests at Masses. This past Sunday, March 13, I was scheduled to serve as [...]
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Bad Hair Clay
As I headed down to the 150 Robson basement today to grab some supplies for FREEDOM, I caught up to Archbishop Michael as he was heading to his car. “All ready for tomorrow?” I asked him, referring to FREEDOM. “Yes, I’m looking forward to it!” he replied. “Me too!” As I answered him, I caught [...]
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