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It doesn’t make much sense when we think of sheep as an economic value to leave ninety nine of them in the wilderness to go out and search for one single lost item.   Fiscally it would be reckless to do so.  You leave ninety nine of them without protection inContinue Reading

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The other day I read an article about how that the current generation of children are being raised to believe that not recycling a soda can is just as bad or worse than looking at pornography.  I thought that must be complete bunk.  How could that even be possible?  SoContinue Reading

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As we continue through Advent toward Christmas we see this very familiar saying.  Look at the beauty of the words that our Savior gave us: Jesus said to the crowds:“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you andContinue Reading

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A reflection on the readings for the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary time.  Many years ago when I was a young man in college, the power had gone out in the entire neighborhood.  I decided to walk to my mothers house for dinner.  I knew that no matter what, she andContinue Reading

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My wife and I have made it a habit lately to jog in the late evenings after all of our obligations and such begin to wind down.  Tonight as I meditate on the readings for tomorrow’s Mass, it reminds me of the jog/walk we just completed.   I was in justContinue Reading

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I haven’t had much time lately to write.  Between Volley Ball, Color Guard, Band Practices, picking up and dropping off for school, ministry duties, and Diaconate studies and meetings (while still trying to make sure to keep a healthy balance of time for my wife and children as my primaryContinue Reading

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Today’s readings bring to mind something I have been meditating on a lot lately.  The concept of Holiness.  We all have so many varied definitions of Holiness, from being set apart, to being like God, to even the notion that being Holy means being free from sin.  Recently though someone broughtContinue Reading