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Thomas Griffin 2/19/24 Join Our Email List Get new content delivered directly to your inbox. Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” On April 30, 1789 George Washington delivered his inaugural address and became the first president of the United States. His words remind us that our country was founded by and fought for by noble,Continue reading “We Need Washington’s Inaugural Address”

Thomas Griffin 2/16/24 Join Our Email List Get new content delivered directly to your inbox. Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” Each Friday this Lent we will investigate and reflect on two out of the fourteen Stations of the Cross. This is an ancient practice that desires to make contact with what it would haveContinue reading “You Condemned Him, But He Carried You Anyway”

Aidan Weber 2/15/24 Join Our Email List Get new content delivered directly to your inbox. Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” Every Ash Wednesday millions of Catholics gather in Churches around the world to be told that they are dust and to dust they shall return. What a perfect message as we enter a seasonContinue reading “For a Humble Lent”

Thomas Griffin 2/14/24 Join Our Email List Get new content delivered directly to your inbox. Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” Read the latest posts about Lent, Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day! Thomas Griffin is the chairperson of the religion department at a Catholic high school on Long Island where he lives with his wifeContinue reading “Lenten Valentine’s”

Thomas Griffin 2/12/24 (For SpiritualDirection.com) Join Our Email List Get new content delivered directly to your inbox. Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” “Nothing is more practical than finding God, than falling in Love in a quite absolute, final way.” – Pedro Arrupe, SJ The holiest season of the year is upon us and weContinue reading “The Purpose of Lent is Intimacy”

Thomas Griffin 2/10/24 Join Our Email List Get new content delivered directly to your inbox. Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” The 2023 Super Bowl was watched by over 115 million people worldwide. There is really no sporting event like it. The players involved know that it is not the most important thing in theContinue reading “Super Bowl Faith”

Thomas Griffin 2/9/24 Join Our Email List Get new content delivered directly to your inbox. Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” Too often we are reactive rather than proactive. This is the last week before we enter into the season of Lent. Ash Wednesday will mark the first day of the holiest season of theContinue reading “Take Hold of Lent”

Thomas Griffin 1/26/23 Follow The ETP Blog Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” Thomas Griffin is the chairperson of the religion department at a Catholic high school on Long Island where he lives with his wife and two sons. He has a masters degree in theology and is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Empty TombContinue reading “The Magazine: January ’24 Edition”

Thomas Griffin 1/24/24 Join Our Email List Get new content delivered directly to your inbox. Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” In the preface to Francis de Sales’ Introduction to the Devout Life he admits that most projects on holiness have been written for those who have completely left the world behind for God. “ButContinue reading “Catch Everyday Faith”

Thomas Griffin 1/21/24 Join Our Email List Get new content delivered directly to your inbox. Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” St. Agnes lived between 291 A.D. – 304 A.D. and was the daughter of a wealthy family in Rome. The details we know about her are few but what we do know can serveContinue reading “Choosing a Side: St. Agnes”