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Church Ladies
Tomorrow is the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord. In my very first blog post I spoke about this feast because it is so near and dear to my heart. The reading is from the Gospel of Luke, chapter … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna, Candlemas, Catholic, Church, Presentation, Simeon
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Losing It
Last Saturday I decided that I had had ENOUGH! I was fresh off the bus from the March for Life in Washington the day before and was feeling excited about doing something positive for life when out of my television … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, John XXIII, life, saints, Vatican II, violence
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Stargazing
I’ve seen too many trailers for The Poseidon Adventure to ever want to take a cruise. I’ll drive anywhere, and will voluntarily take a plane if I have to, but water – uh, no, thank you. I have a real fear … Continue reading
The Year of Hope
Okay, New Year’s Resolution – get more regular with the blog. There! That’s much more simple than losing weight and paying all my credit cards down. So what happened that I stopped blogging for a while? Truth is I started … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, Christmas, church musicians, disaster, hope, Music, New Years
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Happy Meetings in Glory
It’s been a while since I’ve been able to write. Dealing with two very active grandboys each morning and ringing in the Year of Faith with all that entails for someone who works at both liturgy and Digital Evangelization has … Continue reading
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Tagged Catechism, Catholic, death, faith, Family, gospel, Heaven
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Keeping the Faith
I am the Social Media coordinator for the parish, which means that I create daily posts in one form or another to help our people meditate and pray; Facebook, Twitter, Videos, blog. Last Lent, when I didn’t have grandchildren under … Continue reading
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Tagged belief, Catholic, faith, Korea, Protests, religion, Saint Andrew Kim
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Circles
What is it about children that they remind you so much of the worst of you? They react badly to stresses and you remember clearly having the same reaction as a child. They say stupid things, say the wrong … Continue reading
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The Bug Man
Grandson number two, who is ten going on eleven years old, has proudly earned the moniker of Bug Man because of his remarkable compassion and love for bugs of every kind, and their apparent attraction to him. Personally, when I … Continue reading
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Tagged bugs, butterfly, Catholic, Children, gospel, Matthew 10:29, Music
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All You Can Eat
I work in a large parish and we have five weekend Masses. That means I spend much of my day listening to the same scripture readings several times. This past Sunday’s Gospel told the story of the day that Jesus … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, generosity, Loaves and Fishes, Miracles, scripture, Self -sacrifice
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Moments
Sometimes, if I get up very, very early the house is quiet. It’s my favorite time of the day because I can spend some quality time with myself, but it’s usually short lived. Today was about as beautiful a day … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, grandchildren, Grandparents, prayer, quiet
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