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The magic of yesterdays
Image via Wikipedia It is hard to believe that it is July already, it seems that Christmas was just last week, and now here we are into the Summer of 2010. How time really does fly. As of late I … Continue reading
Posted in brother(s), dad, Family, growing up, Life, mom, sister(s), youth
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The Passing of George
Yesterday was the one month anniversary of the passing of one of my best friends. He was only 8 years old, still in the prime of his life. George, my friends name, was my dog. Now some people think it’s … Continue reading
Posted in catholic, church, death, faith, Family, friendship, Life, Love, prayer
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The Church and the Public Square
The past month or so I have been asked or confronted with the statements about the Catholic faith. Most often from Catholics themselves. The questions range from the very basic to the very deep and for the most part the … Continue reading
Posted in catholic, church, education, faith, Freedom, friendship, Life, Mass, prayer, Salvation, social justice, youth
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A Friend at Easter
Easter is almost here, just a few short days… The week leading up to Easter, Holy Week, is a crazy week. I have a friend who works for the Church, well actually I have a few who do but I … Continue reading
Posted in catholic, church, easter, faith, friendship, Life, Love, Mass, prayer, Salvation
Tagged blog, catholic, christ, christmas, church, confirmation, death, director, earth, easter, education, event, faith, friend, Friends, heaven, hours, Jesus, Life, lord, moment, moments, parish, Passion, Paul, prayer, prayers, preparations, Priest, RCIA, reflections, resurrection, room, Salvation, Savior, soul, speaker, Sure, Theresa, tons, truth, workers
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Resurrection of yourself
Over the past two weeks I have been listening to talks on CD’s on my ride in to work. I try to listen to Catholic radio on my ride, but the signal is so week in the morning that all … Continue reading
Posted in catholic, church, easter, education, faith, Lent, Life, Love, prayer, selfhelp, social justice
Tagged 40 days, alums, catholic, CD, Christian, christmas, deepen faiht, easter, fasting, fish, friday fish, giving, Lent, money, ourselves, parish, poor, prayer, resurrection, self help, selfhelp, Spiritual, talents, talks, talks on CD
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Foot of the Cross
Well I am off on another trip for work, this time it’s back to Koln, Germany than off to Pone, India, one week in each. That is a lot of time changes to deal with in a short time, it … Continue reading
Posted in Called by God, catholic, faith, Life, prayer, selfhelp
Tagged advice, christmas, concerns, cross, foot of the cross, germany, good advice, india, koln, mathew 6-25:27, New Years, obligations, pone, St. Mathew, travel, trip time, trust, work, youth, youth group
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My Christmas Miracle
Rejoice and be glad… I bring good tidings to you… For today a savior is born… What great words to hear and read. Jesus is born… Well almost. For us Catholics the pink candle of the advent wreath was lit … Continue reading
The New Advent
Well the tree is all decorated, the gifts all bought, well almost I have one more to get. My sister and I are planning on food shopping this week for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dinner, so it looks like … Continue reading
Peter or Judas?
When I started this blog, I promised myself I would blog every day, but as you can see, I have not done so. I started out strong, but it seems my drive to do so is just not there, it … Continue reading
Advent, I want it now!
Advent….A time to get ready… But ready for what; in this modern world of instant messaging and sound bites, we are not use to having to wait. We want and expect everything to happen now, this second. We see it … Continue reading