In yesterday’s “This Sunday” post we find two interpretations of this week’s reading from two priests, Fr. Robert Barron and Fr. Scott Lewis, whom I highlight each week. Fr. Robert Barron could be considered a Catholic apologist (for more (and I mean more) on Apologetics click here.). In this homily, Becoming Fit for Worship, Fr. [...]
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The story of Jesus healing the man with leprosy is found in all three of the synoptic gospels. This is a measure of the importance of this interaction in the minds of the evangelists. Mark is the only one, however, to include that Jesus was moved by compassion. Interesting? Mark 1: 40-42 And a leper [...]
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Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. –St. Paul One of the tasks I enjoy most about writing this blog is the selection of quotes for my Twitter Feed. My quest to catch up to Lady Gaga on Twitter has been a total failure [...]
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I was listening to Krista Tippet, the host of the radio show On Being, and she had Sylvia Boorstein as her guest . Sylvia is a celebrated Jewish-Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist, mother, and grandmother. She is delightful as well as insightful and if you would like to read or listen to the entire interview please [...]
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Posted in Big Questions, The Wisdom of... on Jan 25th, 2012
“I don’t know what weapons will be used in world war three, but in world war four people will use sticks and stones.” – Albert Einstein Click here for more about Albert Einstein
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I raise this not so BIG question as the result of having just moved our washer and dryer after three years to clean underneath it. I will not mention what accumulates around these cleaning machines other than to say it was not a pretty sight. But that is not the point of this little rant. [...]
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It was around 1984 at a sales conference and I had just heard one my first “motivational speakers.” His name was Joel Weldon and he captivated the audience with his message. He left us with a tag line I also never forgot- “Success comes in Cans not in Cannots”. We each got a can with [...]
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Posted in Big Questions on Jan 15th, 2012
In the second of the beatitudes Jesus reassures us that “Happy are those who mourn for they shall be comforted.” One of the things I have noticed is that in times of grief,people search for ways to offer comfort to the one who is suffering a loss. One tried and often used “truism” people share [...]
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Posted in Big Questions, The Wisdom of... on Jan 12th, 2012
Yesterday, I posted a wisdom saying from Harry Potter’s mentor Dumbledore. I had to admit I am not familiar with old Dumbledore but found his advice on death being the next great adventure for a person with a ‘well ordered mind’ to be ripe with wisdom. One of my mentors is Henri Nouwen and in [...]
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After the shepherds departed having told them what the angels had said we are told that “Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.” Mary “pondered” (to think about (something) carefully, esp. before deciding or concluding.) – What did she really know? Here is a song called: Mary Did you know? I [...]
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A Charlie Brown Christmas is a classic to be sure. If you have never experienced Charlie Brown’s Christmas it is well worth it. In the clip below young Linus explains what Christmas is all about to a very disheartened Charlie Brown.
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This is a re-post from last Christmas Eve, when I shared the following about my favorite movies about the season. It is A Christmas Carol, the story of Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge written by Charles Dickens in 1843 during the industrial revolution in England. It was a dirty era and the plight of the poor was [...]
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Posted in Big Questions, The Wisdom of... on Dec 7th, 2011
“Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard because it requires the inner disposition to go with others to place where they are weak, vulnerable, lonely, and broken. But this is not our spontaneous response to suffering. What we desire most is to do away with suffering by fleeing [...]
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Here is a comment I received about my November 20th Homily: Lord when did we see you!. The e-mail below is responding to my story about Nancy, a young woman who did time for a car crash that left a young mother dead. Dear Deacon Mike, I have to say your homily on Nov 20 [...]
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This Sunday the Catholic Church introduces the 3rd Edition of the Roman Missal. Basically some of the words of the mass will be changing so they are closer to the Latin text used by the Church for 450 years before Vatican II. In the video below, produced by Life Teen, you will get a fast [...]
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