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There are so many times that I have been given the opportunity to be an evangelist for Christ and allowed my fallen human nature to get in the way.   I was at a Cracker Barrel with some friends.   I went up to the register to pay on theContinue 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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How easy it is to forget the important things in life.   In the story of Martha and Mary we are reminded that some things are more important than the to do list.  Martha was running around hectic trying to get everything done that she felt needed to be done forContinue Reading

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“My dwelling, like a shepherd’s tent, is struck down and born away from me.”  A shepherd’s tent is a hastily constructed tent that is only intended for the night.  Something that if the wind picks up is blown away and no longer to be found.  When the shepherd’s move onContinue 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 Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time: July 12th, 2016 Isaiah 7:1-9Psalm 48The Holy Gospel According to Saint Matthew 11:20-24 When we are surrounded by evil our fearful instinct is often to close in on ourselves.  After the attacks on the World TradeContinue Reading