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The gift of grudge


With Mothers Day upon us, it is time to reflect on our mother, both earthly and those that are no longer with us. The other day I posted a blog about having parents, or better yet, the blog was tong … Continue reading

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A Community of Friends


Image via Wikipedia As part of my job, my 9 to 5 job, the one that pays my bills, I get to travel the world. I love that aspect of my job, I love going to new places. Not only … Continue reading

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This is my body


Image via Wikipedia In a soft voice, full of concern it was spoken. “This is my body”. It was spoken with a love that was felt by all and it lofted lightly in the air waiting for the soft breeze  … Continue reading

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Stand or Kneel


Yesterday at after our Easter dinner the discussion of the different Parishes that we attend came up and the different practices at each. The Parish I now attend kneels after the reception of Communion until the priest is finished cleaning … Continue reading

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Jesus as a tag line…


Each day we all need to make personal choices regarding how we choose to live out our faith. We choose how we are going to react to our kids in the morning or how we are going to respond to … Continue reading

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It ain’t fair! … So What!


Last night I was reading an article in Townhall magazine about fairness. The basic point was this, liberals love to say things are unfair. It’s a battle cry for any issue that does not agree with their twisted out look … Continue reading

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I’ll Pray for you…


As Catholics we often times use the stock response of I’ll pray for you, but what we really mean is, that’s nice… leave me alone. So what brings on this statement of condemnation, why so judgmental? Well, I am an … Continue reading

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Lent and her three children


How do we know that we are living a life that Christ wants us to live? This has to be a burning for most if not all Christians. If our life goal is to please God to be Christ like, … Continue reading

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Gods Gifts


We all receive gifts from the Holy Sprit, some get wisdom, other get speaking in tongues, and still others the gift of healing. But I would venture to guess that most of us do not believe we have received a … Continue reading

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Confirmation…


This Sunday the Confirmation class from our youth group will be making their Confirmation. I have two overriding thoughts or feelings about this.   First off, I am very excited for these young people, they are about to receive the … Continue reading

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