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When I first got out on my own life was pretty good.   I was working a job at minimum wage.  I had my own place.  My own car.  I had a phone, internet, and food in the fridge.  Then I got a job making twenty five dollars a dayContinue Reading

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Recently on a silent retreat we were encouraged to meditate on thankfulness as we sat on this beautiful outlook, overlooking the great Mississippi river.   The previous afternoon during our one hour of fellowship I was telling my friends about the frog I had been meditating on the morning before.Continue Reading

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Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,for I am meek and humble of heart;and you will find rest for yourselves.For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.– Jesus In my teens I attended an evangelical church that taught that these words meant that we were free toContinue Reading

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My daughter knows that if she asks me for something to eat I will give it to her.  It did not matter if it was two in the morning or the afternoon, if she was hungry I fed her.   I explained to my wife that one of my father’sContinue Reading

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A reflection on the readings for Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time, July 5th, 2016. Hosea 8:4-7, 11-13Psalm 115The Holy Gospel According to Matthew 9:32-38 My wife and I had a relaxing and beautiful Fourth of July.  She, Moira, and I road our bikes around town a coupleContinue Reading

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A reflection on the readings for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary time, June 03, 2016. Isaiah 66:10-14c Psalm 66:1-7, 16, 20Galatians 6:14-18The Holy Gospel According to Saint Luke 10:1-12, 17-20 Society wants to blur the lines between male and female, man and woman, father and mother, man and wife. TheyContinue Reading

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A Reflection on the readings for Friday of the thirteenth week of Ordinary Time, July 1, 2016. Amos 8:4-6, 9-12Psalm 119:2, 10, 20, 30, 40, 131The Holy Gospel According to Saint Matthew 9:9-13 I almost did not write a blog today.  You see, my summer assignment was to write threeContinue Reading