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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

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A Reflection on the readings for Daily Mass for Thursday of the Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time, July 7, 2016. Hosea 11:1-4, 8e-9Psalm 80:2ac, 3b, 15-16The Holy Gospel According to Saint Matthew 10:7-15 I was haggard and disheveled.   I hadn’t slept a wink.   My wife was even moreContinue Reading

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A Reflection for the Daily Readings for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, June 29th, 2016 Acts 12:1-11Psalms 34:2-92 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18The Holy Gospel According to Saint Matthew 16:13-19 Over a decade ago I was going through a rough patch in my life.  A broken relationship, a house thatContinue Reading

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A Reflection on the Readings for June 28, 2016.  The Memorial of St. Irenaeus. Amos 3:1-8; 4:11-12Psalm 5The Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew 8:23-27 I used to hang out with this friend of mine after work.  We’d sit around having a few drinks.   He’d then bring out hisContinue Reading

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Prayer, fasting, and alms giving.  These are sometimes referred to as the three pillars of Lent.  Jesus reminds us in the Gospel for today that these are not supposed to be relegated to one single season, but rather to be ways of life that we adopt throughout our days.  HeContinue Reading

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Several years ago my wife found some discounted tickets from Rockford to Arizona for a price we could not pass up.  So our family packed our things and flew the miles to the warm desert state to visit family and experience the world.  It was one thing to see theContinue Reading