Stubborn Child? Join the Club!
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  Do you struggle with a particular child?  Maybe this child is quite challenging, stubborn and just not easy to raise? Well, you are not alone! I was listening to a Discerning Hearts PODCAST recently with Fr. Timothy Gallagher and he was talking about one of St. Thérese of Lisieux's sisters, Léonie.  Fr. Gallagher was reading some letters that Thérese's mother wrote in which she expressed the difficulties she had with Léonie.  It seems that moms in the 1800s experienced similar problems that moms do today. This brutally honest account of what it was like for this saintly ..read more
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Peter's First Easter
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1d ago
  Have you ever wondered how Peter lived through his first Easter? What if you were living at the time? What would you have done differently? CLICK HERE ..read more
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Cancer Update, Household Events, and Holy Week
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2d ago
There's a winter weather advisory in effect until 2:00 p.m. — but most of the snow has already fallen and/or gotten blown around. I gather that three to five inches came down here. That's three to five inches more than we had before. This has been an unusually warm and dry winter, so this snow is welcome. I hope it changes our status from "moderate drought" to merely "abnormally dry". I haven't heard anything about my brother-in-law (February 7, 2024) — so I'll assume that no news is good news, and that he can walk again. Number-two daughter started radiation therapy March 11, so this is her ..read more
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A Circle of Glory
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2d ago
  There's a lot of glorifying going on in today's gospel (John 13)! Jesus says to his disciples: "Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him at once." Whaaat? A careful reading of this passage brings to the surface the oneness of God and Jesus.  The Trinity is made up of God the Father, Jesus his son, and the Holy Spirit. There are three persons in the Holy Trinity, but only Jesus among them is 100% divine and 100% human.  He was innocent, but went to the cross and took ..read more
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The House was Full of the Scent of the Ointment
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  The House was Full of the Scent of the Ointment "...Mary brought in a pound of very costly ointment, pure nard, and with it anointed the feet of Jesus, wiping them with her hair; the house was full of the scent of the ointment..." These words from the Gospel today made me think. Mary's gesture was most extravagant in that the ointment was so precious. She used so much of it that the whole house was drenched in the sweet perfume. Judas would question the reasonableness of spending all that  money.  I am struck by her generosity and her love. Of course her generosity is born ..read more
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Lenten Reflections
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3d ago
  Can you spare 10 minutes reflecting on the message of Easter? Click HERE ..read more
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Bruised but not Broken
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    "A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoldering wick he shall not quench." This prophecy, which comes from the 42nd chapter of Isaiah, offers sound wisdom. I think of it as being the equivalent of not kicking someone when they are down, i.e., breaking the bruised reed. Sometimes, it is better not to interject our opinions and proposed solutions, but to become a good listener. There are times when the gift of listening is our best response, lest we cause more suffering. I remember interviewing a couple about marriage encounter many years ago, for a story.  They told me ..read more
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Saints, Depression, Assumptions, and Me
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5d ago
I did a Google search for [patron saint depression] the other day, and got this gem: How did the Saints deal with depression?" [redacted] [August 2023] "There is no evidence they had depression, they lived in faith, that Everything is controlled by God, and they accepted God's Will in all ..." Not long before, someone in an online conversation had said 'I'm dealing with depression, and need help'. Along with potentially-helpful responses, someone chastised the supplicant. Seems that good Christians trust God and never experience such things as depression. That gave me this week's topic. De ..read more
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St Óscar Romero's 44th anniversary. Sunday Reflections, Palm Sunday, Year B
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6d ago
Palm Sunday, Year B The Commemoration of the Lord’s Entrance into Jerusalem Entry into Jerusalem (scene 1) Duccio di Buoninsegna [Web Gallery of Art] And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! (Mark 11:9). Mark 11:1-10. (English Standard Version, Anglicised) Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will ..read more
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Are you tuned in?
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1w ago
  Are you tuned in? Or just broadcasting? Which channel are you tuned to? Consider this one HERE ..read more
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