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Category Archives: Discipleship
The Lord of the Gaps
“What are you looking for?” Jesus asked the two followers of John. What I am looking has many and different names: happiness, success, eternal life, salvation, meaning, significance, contribution, fulfillment. I realize is there are a lot of gaps in … Continue reading
What Lies Ahead?
We look with joy at the Child in the manger and wonder, “What Child is this who, laid to rest on Mary’s lap is sleeping?” The next time she would have her son in her lap would be at the … Continue reading
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The Morning After Christmas
A (favorite) nephew who often plays the cynic with a sardonic sense of humor posted this on his wall today, right after Christmas: To all the Non-believers… Happy Normal Tuesday!!! Unwittingly, he expressed the same sentiments as the Christian liturgy. … Continue reading
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S.A.D. @ Christmas
Christmas is a joyful season. But how is it that Christmas is often tinged with a touch of sadness for many people? It is a time of love and maybe we miss people we love we could not be with … Continue reading
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Mary, The Prophet
“In every generation, there has to be some fool who will speak the truth as he sees it.” ~ Boris Pasternak Mary has many title with which we honor her: Mother of God, Queen of Heaven, Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix … Continue reading
Never Stop Hoping
All the wars and violence. All that anger and hatred fueling them. All that greed and selfishness. All the hunger and deprivation caused by them. All that licentiousness and hedonism. All the addiction and enslavement they engender. Are because we … Continue reading
Two Christmas Stories
There are two Christmas stories in the Gospels, one by Luke and the other one by Matthew. The one by Luke is the story we are most familiar with: baby in a manger wrapped in swaddling clothes, a chorus of … Continue reading
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Feast of Christ the King
O God We do well to join all creation in heaven and on earth in praising you through Jesus Christ, our Lord. For you have made us in your own image and set us, as stewards, over creation. Once you … Continue reading
In the Afterglow of Thanksgiving
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. ~ Thomas Gray I hear the bell tollong … Continue reading
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Tagged Grace, Gratitude, Poetry, Search
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Life Is a Gift But Happiness Is a Choice
I am such a glutton for admiration and affirmation, wanting to be constantly praised. And recently, I had to go through a series of bouts of doubts and depression because of this insatiable thirst for ego-stroking. I withdrew from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Choice, Happiness
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