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I love puns and wordplay.  Poetry and prose.   The way skillful writers can take words and make them dance and become pregnant with meaning.  Today’s first reading is full of them.  One of them begins with a saying we know pretty well.  When we see that clearly, something terrible isContinue Reading

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In this morning’s Gospel, we see an abrupt change, a swift shift in the moment’s mood.  Just a moment before this scene, we have the people shouting praise, singing songs, and lauding Jesus as the King of Kings.  They remind us that we will be celebrating the end of ourContinue Reading

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Today we celebrate the memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary.   It is very apropos that the Gospel is this parable about talents.  Saint Elizabeth put this into action.  Though she grew up wealthy, she continually spent her life serving the poor.   She had four children with her husband before hisContinue Reading

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On today’s date in 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Armistice Day to be celebrated annually.   It was a reminder that World War I was over.  Later, it was changed to Veterans Day as a day to honor all veterans for their service.   So, to any veterans out there, thank youContinue Reading

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In this morning’s Gospel, we find ten lepers who had been ostracized from the community.  They were in pain and diseased.  Their family and friends weren’t allowed to come close to them.  We here in the pandemic know of many situations like this.  Siblings, friends, parents, and so forth haveContinue Reading

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In the first reading today, we find the widow in a situation where she only has a little bit of food left.  She proclaims that after she makes what she has left for her and her son, they are just gonna “lay down and die.”  Elijah tells her that GodContinue Reading

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I used to joke about that footsteps in the Sand poem.   You know the one that talks about how someone thought that God had deserted them because there was only one set of footsteps?  “When you saw only one set of footprints,  It was then that I carried you.”   InContinue Reading