Worship and Sacraments
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Have you ever gone away sad? 28th Sun. B
The gospels are often frustrating to me in that they never tell what I think are the important details in a lot of the stories. Today’s is no exception to that rule. I want to know WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
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What is the first “not good” thing that God discovered in the creation of the world? 27th Sun. B
As you know, there are two stories of creation in the book of genesis. The first is the one we most often think about – the 6 days of creation and the day of rest at the end. And, like a refrain to each of those days we hear the words: And God saw that…
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Have you ever tried to protect God? 26th Sunday, B
Today’s readings in part are all about limits. The boundaries and limits that we put on God and the boxes we put Him in so as to control him. God could only speak to Israel through Moses…
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Do you remember the first name of the waiter/waitress from your most recent trip dining out? Or the name of the custodian at work? 25th Sunday B
His name was Mr. Sommers. He was the maintenance man at the seminary high school. You’d see him in the gym and the hallways and corridors with his buckets and mops and rags. Polishing statues of the saints. Cleaning up the….
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What name do YOU give to describe Jesus? 24th B
For the four years I taught high school, I was perpetually puzzled (some might say clueless) about the words students used to describe their dating relationships. Were you seeing each other, dating, just going out, going steady, or what?
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Do you have selective hearing/selective speaking? 23rd B
No one chooses to be deaf. Nor do they chose to have a speech impediment. Or at least so I would like to think. And yet, when I am honest, I realize there are times when I choose both.