Patrick T Reardon

March 2012

The impatience of Job

By |2012-03-20T18:15:43+00:00March 20th, 2012|

We talk about the "patience of Job," and that makes him seem like a meek and mild fellow who heroically and stoically endures waves of misfortune from God and the [...]

God’s phone number

By |2012-03-18T12:26:17+00:00March 18th, 2012|

Half a century ago, phone numbers had prefixes as well as numbers (such as ESterbrook 9-3392), and the Roman Catholic Mass was in Latin. "Dominus vobiscum," the priest would say. [...]

Lincoln, work and prayer

By |2012-03-09T12:02:23+00:00March 9th, 2012|

"Orare est laborare." That's the motto of the Benedictine order. It means: Working is praying. By most accounts, Abraham Lincoln wasn’t terribly interested in organized religion. But that’s not to [...]

In Austin

By |2012-03-07T11:52:22+00:00March 7th, 2012|

I grew up in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago. I am the oldest of 14 children, and one of my jobs, growing up, was to watch [...]

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