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Word and Experience
This morning I read the scriptures for the day which included Mark 6:1-6. In this story, Jesus was trying to reveal God’s words to the people of His home town. However, they were offended by Him. This evening I visited a friend who had surgery a couple weeks ago. She was doing pretty good. Our […]
Spiritual Maturity
Today I spent some time at the Newman Center and met a couple of the young adults. I had learned the other day that tragically one of the students died over the Christmas break. The campus minister had to break the news to the community when everyone returned from their holidays. There was a memorial […]
Oh Deer
Today I met with my prayer group at one of the couple’s house. We discussed the upcoming Sunday’s Gospel, Luke 5:1-11. It is the story of Jesus telling Peter to cast his fishing net out into the deep water. Peter seemingly reluctant as he fished all night and caught nothing, does as Jesus asked. He […]
Snowy Fields
It was such warm weather today, I decided to take a walk around a nearby park. This particular park has a couple of playgrounds and a large artificial turf field that can be used to play several soccer or football games at one time. It was super windy when I arrived. I always wear a […]
Track Trade Show
A couple months ago, my grandson bought himself a little sprint car to race at the local dirt track. He has been learning all about it and figuring out how to get it up and running. Yesterday he surprised me by asking if I wanted to go to a trade show with him. It was […]
Sharing Grief
I thought I had scheduled a Mass intention for my dad to be celebrated yesterday. However, when I looked at the church bulletin, it was actually today. That turned out fine, because I definitely would not have wanted to go out in the weather yesterday. When I got to the church today, I saw a […]
Pondering and Healing
I woke up this morning not feeling very good. I have had kind of a cold thing lingering in the background for a while. So I was actually happy that it resembled a blizzard outside. I cancelled the 2 appointments I had, pulled on a couple layers, and got cozy. Today also marks the third […]
Waiting for the Sun
A friend of mine is the chaplain of the St. John Henry Newman Chapel and Catholic Student Center located at the college here in the city. I have gone there a couple times for Mass and met some of the people there. I thought volunteering there would be a good, productive way to spend some […]
Staying Vigil
Today is the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas. It reminds me of when I was staying with my dad in his last days, wondering if his patron saint would call him home on this day. It was 2 more days til my dad died. I was happy to find this prayer as I find myself […]
Seeing Relief
A friend who is also a neighbor had successful major abdominal surgery last week. This was to complete a previous surgery. However, she had been struggling with pain and nausea. She ended up staying in the hospital a couple days longer than anticipated, but came home yesterday afternoon. I went to the store today and […]
Still Finding God 