Monthly Archives: December 2024

Today’s find: Fog of family

Posted on December 29, 2024 by John Schroeder

Was Mary – the Blessed Mother – an irresponsible parent?

Such was the notion I heard expressed on Saturday morn, at our regular weekly scripture study.

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Today’s find: Silly songs

Posted on December 24, 2024 by John Schroeder

A pair of Energetic Elves stopped by on Christmas Eve-eve … to lend a hand with one last round of cookie-baking.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Christmas, Christmas Carols, Christmas Cookies, Christmas Eve, Christmas songs, faith, God, Jesus, poetry, Silly songs, Yuletide

Today’s find: Making room

Posted on December 22, 2024 by John Schroeder

Things got a little tight in our family room yesterday.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Advent, Christmas, Christmas Cookies, Cookie Exchange, Eucharist, faith, Fourth Week of Advent, God, Jesus, John the Baptist, Making room, Visitation

Today’s find: Gloom, dispelled

Posted on December 15, 2024 by John Schroeder

It wasn’t a “driving” rain exactly. More like “steady,” the winds mercifully silent as we made our wet way along Front Street for the four-minute walk from the prison’s entry house to the chapel deep inside the grounds yesterday.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Advent, Advent 2024, bible, faith, Gaudete Sunday, God, Jesus, Joy, Kairos Prison Ministry, Menard Correctional Center, Prophet Isaiah

Displaced

Posted on December 8, 2024 by John Schroeder

I’ve got just about everything I need while on retreat this weekend. Except shampoo. And my hairbrush. And an extension cord to power my CPAP breathing machine.

Other than that, I’m good.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Advent, Displaced, Marianist Retreat and Conference Center, MRCC, Second Sunday of Advent