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Bucket List
I have now reached the point of my life when I’m starting to get serious about the items on my bucket list. In just a month and a half I’ll be hitting one of those “milestone” birthdays, the kind that … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, prayer, sacred art, sacred music, scripture
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The Perfect Family
The Feast of the Holy Family, December 29, 2013 Each year after celebrating Christmas the Church gives us this feast and reminds us that Jesus, the Son of God, came to this earth and was born in the usual way … Continue reading
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
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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The New Normal
I just saw a cartoon that a friend had posted on her Facebook. A little girl was looking up at her mother and asked, “What’s normal?” The mother replied, “Oh, that’s just a setting on the washing machine.” Not very … Continue reading
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Tagged change, Children, faith, Family, God's Will, Grandparents
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Testing Faith
Today I played my friend’s grandson’s funeral. He was thirty years old, good looking, quick to entertain his friends with a joke or story and much loved by his friends and coworkers. He prayed the rosary daily since taking … Continue reading
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Tagged death, faith, Family, funeral, love, suicide, understanding
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Thomas and the Bum Rap
Poor Thomas, if anyone in history has a bum rap it would be him, saddled for all time with the moniker Doubting Thomas. The gospels don’t mention where he was when Jesus came to the upper room. It’s not important. … Continue reading
The Sound of Ultimate Suffering
The verses of Psalm 22, the Responsorial Psalm for Palm Sunday, are chillingly prophetical. The description of the terrible events of Jesus’ final hours is amazingly accurate. Jesus is feeling completely abandoned by God, void of any consolation from his … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, psalm 22, religion, responsorial psalm, saint francis of assisi, spirituality
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