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Thursday, March 4, 2021
Is it time for Spring cleaning? According to Wikipedia, “During the 19th century in America, prior to the advent of the vacuum cleaner, March was often the best time for dusting because it was getting warm enough to open windows and doors (but not…
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Setting the World on Fire:
How Scripture Applies to our World Today
“I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing!” (Luke 12:49, NAB)
Topics:
Division & Unity (Lots of fire), Apocolypticism, Enemies…
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Setting the World on Fire: How Scripture applies to our world today
“I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing!” (Luke 12:49, NAB)
This will be a topical Bible study, so not one particular book, but instead…
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
This Sunday ends our current liturgical season of Ordinary Time, as Lent will begin this coming Wednes-day on February 17, (Ash Wednesday). We will sing the Gloria and Alleluia for the last time today – not to be heard again until the Easter Vigil…
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Happy cold Saint Valentine’s Day! My hope and prayer for this Valentine’s Day is to get the third degree. Normally, “getting the third degree” is an idiom meaning “to be interrogated, scrutinized, or questioned intensely or thoroughly by someone.” I…
Monday, February 8, 2021
In today’s Gospel we hear of Christ’s Transfiguration on the mountaintop. Every year we hear this Gospel on the 2nd Sunday of Lent, regardless of which cycle we are in. (Remember the Church Sundays are divided into 3 cycles – A, B and C. We are…
Monday, February 8, 2021
We have begun yet another Lenten season. Time again to remember to pray, fast and give alms. The Art & Environment in church as well as the music is designed to draw us all into this Lenten atmosphere. As a reminder, as I’ve stated in previous…
Friday, February 5, 2021
The opening antiphon today is from Psalm 95 – O come, let us worship God and bow low before our God whomade us, for he is the Lord our God. We sing of this in our opening hymn, “God, We Praise You”, originally attributed to St. Nicolas in the 4th…
Friday, February 5, 2021
I am not a fan of February to tell you the truth. I find it cold, dark, rather boring, and I’m impatient for Spring to begin. However, this February, I admit, is kind of exciting. This Sunday the KC Chiefs play in the Super Bowl again. But even more…
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
We continue reading from the Gospel of Mark this Sunday, and hear of Jesus’ authority over unclean spirits as He casts them out of various people. The people of that time were starting to understand who He was as His fame was spreading throughout…