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A Reflection on the readings for Daily Mass, June 30, 2016. Amos 7:10-17Psalm 19:8-11The Holy Gospel According to Matthew 9:1-8 When I was younger my grandfather kept telling me not to go down around his garden.   He had this electric fence that he had put in.  He told usContinue Reading

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What does it mean to be thankful? That is something that is heavy on my heart the past few days.  As we approach the holiday of Thanksgiving, it is something I think all of us should be thinking about.  Someone challenged me to do this thirty day challenge on Facebook. Continue Reading

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This morning during my daily walk I was meditating on the Sorrowful mysteries, one that struck particularly powerfully this morning was the Carrying of the Cross. I began to visualize as I walked and my mind was drawn to one scene in particular, that of Veronica and her veil.  NowContinue Reading

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Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing!  There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!  Do you think that I have come toContinue Reading

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I thought he was gone, This prisoner of war.  In the dark night of the soul A personal Darfur An angry, dark man Seeking for that happy day Tripping down the ladder Falling along the way Thought to be in control Truly tis but a myth With St. Paul I cryContinue Reading

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Do you remember Tanya Tucker? I remember her wonderful voice projecting from the speakers of my dodge Daytona. Tonight, the lyrics of one of her songs came back to my mind in a jarring moment of pain. There’s a tree out in the backyard That never has been broken byContinue Reading