For lunch today, I had my eye on a delicious fish from the Sea of Galilee.
And it had its eye on me.
Monthly Archives: February 2019
Today’s find: Celebrant
Judging by the flood of pilgrims we encountered on the town’s exceedingly narrow streets today, more than a few couples have renewed their wedding vows at Cana in Galilee through the years.
Still, something tells me our blessing was unique.
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Today’s find: James Martin SJ
Our pilgrimage leader bumped into an old friend today…atop the Mount of Beatitudes — best-selling author James Martin SJ.
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Today’s find: Druze food
We broke bread with a Druze gentleman at lunchtime, and we were blessed indeed. Continue reading
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Today’s find: Citrus
Our pilgrim bus passed an orange truck on Highway 6, headed north from Tel Aviv on Sunday. Continue reading
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Today’s find: Lofty
Praying with Ps 139, as we arrive in Chicago… Continue reading
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Today’s find: Gait
A certain two-and-a-half-year-old of my acquaintance found a new way to delight this ol’ graybeard the other day.
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Tags: Caeserea Philippi, gait, Galilee, Holy Land, Pilgrimage, self-assurance
Today’s find: Obvious
Wandering into – and through – the mission field: It’s not an exercise meant to boost self-confidence, I’ve decided. (An insight, perhaps, that qualifies me for a DMO degree – Divine Master of the Obvious).
Or perhaps it’s not obvious at all. For we are treated this week to a front row seat, as three separate scriptural characters stumble upon a seemingly simple tidbit of self-awareness.
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Tags: Divine Master of the Obvious, DMO, Holy Haul, Isaiah, Michael Card, Mission Field, Obvious, St. Paul, St. Peter, Things We Leave Behind
Today’s find: Unencumbered envoys
I was a witness this week to technical difficulties that nearly derailed not one…but two different presentations on missionary spirituality.
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Tags: DeSmet Jesuit High School, Envoy, Jesuits, Menard, Pierre DeSmet, Unencumbered Envoy, Visitation Academy
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John Schroeder
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