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July 6, 2017 Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 380 GN 22:1B-19 PS 115:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 MT 9:1-8 Today, in the first reading, we witness one of the pivotal moments in Salvation History.  Here we have Abraham journeying to the top of a mountain the middleContinue Reading

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When I was a young man I began to look around for a Church that was more vibrant, more active.  Though I was very happy with the Christianity I had been shown in the Baptist church, there was something missing.  I didn’t understand the Methodist Church and its symbols.  IContinue 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

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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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A Reflection on the daily readings for Monday, June 20th, 2016. 2 Kings 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18Psalm 60The Gospel According to Matthew 7:1-15 My mother and dad were good to me growing up.  Father’s day reminded me of that.  To look back and see exactly what it was like growing up.Continue Reading

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I’ve written before about the time I went to the state and international science fair.  That year I put a ton of effort into that project. I practiced what I was going to say.   I memorized sections of code to be able to explain them to the judges withoutContinue Reading

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Today is the memorial of Saint Justin the Martyr.  A man who lived in the early church, back in the time when the Roman’s were having Christians fight to death in the Colosseum.  A time of persecution and hate.  Justin after his conversion began to argue for the Christian faith.Continue Reading