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Thursday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 3622 COR 3:15—4:1, 3-6PS 85:9AB AND 10, 11-12, 13-14MT 5:20-26 There is beauty and a depth to the Sacred Scripture that is often missed by those who read it casually.  For many, it is because they read it as if it were dictatedContinue Reading

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It’s easy to get in a rut.   Our lives go on with the same patterns and we find ourselves doing the same things over and over.  For some of us, that’s a Godsend.  I thrive on patterns.   Having a schedule of what is coming up next is ofContinue Reading

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I had seen childbirth on television growing up.  My mother was training to be a nurse and dinner was often interspersed with videos of surgeries, deliveries, and many other things that didn’t go well with spaghetti sauce or hot dogs.  It was an interesting time for me to see thingsContinue Reading

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In tomorrow’s reading we see Paul continuing to prepare his followers for his departure.  For a time he has been teaching them, working alongside them, joining them for dinner and fellowship.  It’s time though for him to move on.   Time for him to follow Christ where he leads, andContinue Reading

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Many years ago I watched this movie about hackers in which one of the young men quoted the bible: “When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”Continue Reading

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Recently in our bible study I was made aware of a quote from Origen which said “We should reverence every word of the Scriptures, the same way we reverence every particle of the consecrated host.”  Such a powerful statement that reminds me how often we are superficial in our readingContinue Reading