<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<channel>
  <title><![CDATA[Deacon Michael - Faith & Life]]></title>
  <link>https://deaconmichael.net</link>
  <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
  <language>en-us</language>
  <atom:link href="https://deaconmichael.net/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
  <lastBuildDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:36 +0000</lastBuildDate>
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Heading to New Orleans]]></title>
    <link>https://deaconmichael.net/p/heading-to-new-orleans</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://deaconmichael.net/p/heading-to-new-orleans</guid>
    <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The 64th International Catholic Stewardship Council Annual Conference]]></description>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[The Year We Were Held Back]]></title>
    <link>https://deaconmichael.net/p/the-year-we-were-held-back</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://deaconmichael.net/p/the-year-we-were-held-back</guid>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 23:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On the parable of the workers in the vineyard]]></description>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Standing With Her]]></title>
    <link>https://deaconmichael.net/p/standing-with-her</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://deaconmichael.net/p/standing-with-her</guid>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows]]></description>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[What Is Actually Asked of You]]></title>
    <link>https://deaconmichael.net/p/end-of-life-what-the-church-asks</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://deaconmichael.net/p/end-of-life-what-the-church-asks</guid>
    <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The most common thing Catholics get wrong about dying is believing the Church requires them to endure everything medicine can do. It does not, and it never has. What is actually permitted, and what to do about it this week.]]></description>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[What We Remembered, What We Forgot]]></title>
    <link>https://deaconmichael.net/p/what-we-remembered-what-we-forgot</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://deaconmichael.net/p/what-we-remembered-what-we-forgot</guid>
    <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Twenty-five years after September 11]]></description>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[The Exhausted Middle]]></title>
    <link>https://deaconmichael.net/p/the-exhausted-middle</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://deaconmichael.net/p/the-exhausted-middle</guid>
    <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On the quiet majority, the parish, and where healing actually starts]]></description>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[What I Didn't Know I'd Feel]]></title>
    <link>https://deaconmichael.net/p/what-i-didnt-know-id-feel</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://deaconmichael.net/p/what-i-didnt-know-id-feel</guid>
    <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On Matthew's graduation and the families who serve]]></description>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Aligned]]></title>
    <link>https://deaconmichael.net/p/aligned</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://deaconmichael.net/p/aligned</guid>
    <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Three days at Disney World with Joseph]]></description>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[What I'm Coming Back To]]></title>
    <link>https://deaconmichael.net/p/what-im-coming-back-to</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://deaconmichael.net/p/what-im-coming-back-to</guid>
    <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On sabbaticals, solid selves, and staying]]></description>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[The One Who Stays]]></title>
    <link>https://deaconmichael.net/p/the-one-who-stays</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://deaconmichael.net/p/the-one-who-stays</guid>
    <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A reflection on Luke Burgis's "The One and the Ninety-Nine"]]></description>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi, Lex Vivendi]]></title>
    <link>https://deaconmichael.net/p/lex-orandi-lex-credendi-lex-vivendi</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://deaconmichael.net/p/lex-orandi-lex-credendi-lex-vivendi</guid>
    <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[How we pray shapes what we believe shapes how we live]]></description>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Four Sons, One Week]]></title>
    <link>https://deaconmichael.net/p/four-sons-one-week</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://deaconmichael.net/p/four-sons-one-week</guid>
    <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On seeds, stages, and the rare gift of watching them bloom at once]]></description>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Letter to Matthew (The Public Version)]]></title>
    <link>https://deaconmichael.net/p/letter-to-matthew</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://deaconmichael.net/p/letter-to-matthew</guid>
    <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On seeds, silence, and the son you release]]></description>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Four Days, Four Altars]]></title>
    <link>https://deaconmichael.net/p/four-days-four-altars</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://deaconmichael.net/p/four-days-four-altars</guid>
    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On weekday Mass, Confession, and what happens when you show up]]></description>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[A Granite City Man Sat Down With Fulton Sheen]]></title>
    <link>https://deaconmichael.net/p/a-granite-city-man-sat-down-with-fulton-sheen</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://deaconmichael.net/p/a-granite-city-man-sat-down-with-fulton-sheen</guid>
    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On an old article, a kindred spirit, and the beatification ahead]]></description>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[What the Sabbatical Is Teaching Me]]></title>
    <link>https://deaconmichael.net/p/what-the-sabbatical-is-teaching-me</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://deaconmichael.net/p/what-the-sabbatical-is-teaching-me</guid>
    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On stepping back, saying no, and seeking first the Kingdom]]></description>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[The Morning He Left]]></title>
    <link>https://deaconmichael.net/p/the-morning-he-left</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://deaconmichael.net/p/the-morning-he-left</guid>
    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On last weekends, blessings, and letting go]]></description>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Spring Water]]></title>
    <link>https://deaconmichael.net/p/spring-water</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://deaconmichael.net/p/spring-water</guid>
    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 02:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On trout streams, sabbaticals, and coming to rest]]></description>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[The Guard Slipped]]></title>
    <link>https://deaconmichael.net/p/the-guard-slipped</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://deaconmichael.net/p/the-guard-slipped</guid>
    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On trimming, sabbaticals, and the work ahead]]></description>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[The Bird at the Window]]></title>
    <link>https://deaconmichael.net/p/on-providence-graduations-and-trusting-what-you-cannot-control</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://deaconmichael.net/p/on-providence-graduations-and-trusting-what-you-cannot-control</guid>
    <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Sunday Night as our weekly Holy Hour started, when I was kneeling to chant O Salutaris Hostia, I could see a bird flying around the window above the sanctuary.]]></description>
  </item>
</channel>
</rss>