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A reflection based on the readings for Daily Mass 1/4/16 Today we were talking to our students in Religious Education class about the need to truly listen to what people are saying, but to be careful and discern what is true.  All too often there is just enough truth inContinue Reading

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Tomorrow we celebrate the arrival of the Wise Men with their gifts to the newborn King. As we see from the first reading this was an event the Israelites had been waiting for, for a very long time.  The book of Isaiah was written sometime near the 7th century, andContinue Reading

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Tomorrow is the first day of 2016.  My wife and I went to Mass tonight in celebration of Mary the Mother of God, and in thanksgiving for all the gifts and blessings that God has bestowed on us this year.  Our life has been filled with many amazing events.  GodContinue Reading

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The Saint for Today was Saint Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury.  Father Don Ahles recommended that we watch the movie Becket(1964) if we had never seen it.  That seemed like something fun to do, so I spent a few hours this afternoon downstairs laying in a comfortable warm bedContinue Reading

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“Rachel Weeping for Her Children”(Click here to learn more) I wrote just a few days ago about how the Church goes immediately from celebrating the birth of our Savior to the death of the first Christian Martyr.    The very next day the celebrate John the Evangelist, followed by the FeastContinue Reading

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A Reflection on the Readings for the Feast of the Holy Family 12/27/2015 The other day I went to the school to pick up my daughter.  I stood outside waiting for her for a while.  Parent after parent left with their kids.  The parking lot was now empty.  I beganContinue Reading

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A Reflection on the Readings forDecember 26, 2015 – The Feast of Saint Stephen The Day after Christmas we go from celebrating life, to celebrating death.  Isn’t that a strange dichotomy?  One morning we are celebrating the birth of Christ into the world.  The image of a newborn child swaddledContinue Reading