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“This is My beloved child, in whom I am well pleased.” “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” St. Paul to Timothy Friday I officiated at another funeral.  It was for Vivian.  Every person whose funeral I officiate is special to me.  I’m not one of…

“Fix your eyes on things above, not on earthly things, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.” Colossians 3:2 “We the people, in order to form a more perfect union.” “We hold these truths to be self-evident.” “When in the course of human events.” “Four score and seven years ago.” “We have…

“Listen to instruction and do not disdain wisdom.”  Proverbs 8 “Where is the wise? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?”  St. Paul in 1 Corinthians “It’s better than a sharp stick in the eye.”  Ralph L. Patrick Wisdom.  There appears to be a paucity of it in the public space these…

Bittersweet.  That’s how I feel about Father’s Day. It’s bitter because my four little girls are all grown up and living their own lives.  Yes, I know, that’s how it’s supposed to be.  But I still miss all the magical and marvelous times with them as little girls; playing fairy tale theatre, singing lullabies and…

“They went through the villages proclaiming Good News.” Luke 9:16 “Always proclaim the Good News; and if necessary, use words.” “So What?”  That’s the question I’ve been pondering this week.  Read on and you will see why.  But for now let me ask you, “What bad news have you heard recently? “ If you spend…

“If then your whole body is full of light . . .it will be wholly bright.“  Jesus in The Gospel of St. Luke, chapter 11 “To become aware is to see the light.” John O’Donahue Dawn marks a daily threshold; light driving out darkness. Each of us cross that divide without giving it much thought.…

‘Behold the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,  on those who hope on his steadfast love, that he may deliver their soul from death.” Psalm 33:18-19 “When you’re young you have dreams, when you’re old you have memories.”  Jean Patrick “Do this in remembrance of me.”  Jesus of Nazareth Memorial Day…

“And a cloud hid Him from their sight.”  Acts 1 “When you are in a certain place, great love or kindness happens; it imprints itself on the ether of the place. When we pass there, hungry and needy in spirit, that loving imprint shines on us like an icon.”  John O’Donohue “Iona is a thin…

“My soul now magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.”  Mary’s Magnificat “There was translucent light coming from within me, and I saw clearly the Virgin Mary before me.”  Father Joseph As you know I was on retreat last week.  The Ladyminster monastery outside of Canon City, CO was the site…

(This next week I will be going on an individual reading and writing retreat at the Ladyminster monastery, so I may take a hiatus from writing this blog) “After this many of Jesus’ disciples turned away and no longer walked with him.”  The Gospel according to St. John “I lost the friends that I needed…