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I enjoy watching and feeding birds and have come to realize we have so much to learn from them. (Which is true of all of creation – everything has a lesson to share.) I’m sure people have heard the lessons from the geese. I offer...
We rejoice in the Easter season for a total of 50 days. So, after a long season of Lent, it’s the time to rejoice… Jesus Christ is risen! Alleluia, alleluia! During the three days of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter, we worship with meaningful, spirit-filled liturgies. We...
A friend of mine gave me the test kit for 23 and Me for Christmas so I could determine my ancestry. The results were exactly what my parents had said all these years. What was new, however, was to be able to attach percentages to...
In one of my homilies, the upshot of the message cautioned us that we’re at risk of losing our ability to tell the difference between the light and the darkness, and that we need Christ more than ever to show us the light – the...
“God’s might to uphold me, God’s wisdom to guide me, God’s eye to look upon me, God’s shield to protect me, God’s host to save me.” ~From St Patrick’s Breastplate Once a year, we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with song, dance and traditional Irish food. The life...
My first real time away from home was at the age of 10. My parents drove from Jasper, Minnesota, to Sioux City, Iowa, so I could babysit my 2-year old nephew. I stayed with my brother and sister-in-law for a week while they worked. I...
From the beginning of time, human beings in every culture have found a connection to nature and a higher power greater than themselves. I believe people yearn deeply within to unite with the Creator, God. Nature, in all of its forms, offers this awesome opportunity...
My wife and I raised our boys on books, humor and the tenets of taekwon-do. It’s an admittedly odd combination which, I suppose, they will be discussing with therapists well into middle age. But now as adults they all can think and discern, laugh joyfully...
My maternal grandfather was a simple man. He was an only child. Grandpa had a high school education, worked in a factory most of his life and had a small farm. He and my grandmother raised animals and food which provided them with most of...
To me, the best music of the liturgical year is our Christmas songs. I often wish the Christmas season was as long as our 40 days of Lent, giving us plenty of time to sing through the repertoire. Many of us can probably name a...