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Emily, one of our parish’s cantors, and her husband Matt had a baby on Easter Sunday. She sent an email with pictures. Perhaps because of that, I was struck by this Sunday’s entrance antiphon: “Like newborn infants, you must long for the pure, spiritual milk, that in Christ you may grow to salvation, alleluia.” As every new mother knows, newborns have tiny stomachs, stomachs that need to be refilled every few hours. No wonder new moms and dads get so little sleep.
I have lived in Santa Barbara, California, for the past four years. In that brief time, my neighbors and I have experienced a number of real tragedies. Just over two years ago, the terrible Thomas