Author Archives: John Schroeder

About John Schroeder

A spiritual pilgrim (and untrained preacher)...who writes pretty well...and thoroughly enjoys sharing stories of his encounters along the way. Most days, those encounters are occurring in and around my community in Manchester, MO (St. Joseph Parish). For more about my commercial experience, see my Personal Links below. http://www.corpwrite.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/corpwrite https://withusstill.wordpress.com/

Today’s find: Shaded

Posted on April 7, 2024 by John Schroeder

I’ve resurrected my shades, despite Expert Advice to the contrary.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Divine Mercy Sunday, Doubting Thomas, Great American Solar Eclipse, Ruach, Second Sunday of Easter, Solar Eclipse 2024

Today’s find: Candlelit

Posted on March 31, 2024 by John Schroeder

Better, they say, to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Brian Dorsey, Candlelit, Easter 2024, Easter Sunday, Easter Vigil, Empty Tomb, He Is Risen, Petition for Clemency

A meditation for Holy Saturday…inspired by a visit to the Holy Land

Posted on March 30, 2024 by John Schroeder

Today’s find: Rolling Stones

Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Easter 2024, Empty Tomb, Holy Saturday, Rolling Stones

A meditation for Good Friday…

Posted on March 29, 2024 by John Schroeder

Today’s find: Washed

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Today’s find: Pre-Conciliar

Posted on March 24, 2024 by John Schroeder

Most of us, I realized as I looked around the room, remember a Church before Vatican II. A pre-Conciliar church.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Holy Week, Listening Session, Palm Sunday, Pre-Conciliar, Synod on Synodality, Vatican II

Today’s find: Greening

Posted on March 17, 2024 by John Schroeder

I’ve already been warned.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Fifth Sunday of Lent, Grain of wheat, Green, Greening, St. Patrick's Day

Today’s find: By dawn’s early light

Posted on March 10, 2024 by John Schroeder

Almost a full week before our clocks “sprung forward,” it was still pretty dark at quarter-past-six in the AYEM…

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: ACTS Retreat, Fourth Sunday of Lent, John 3:16, Laetare Sunday, Nicodemus

Today’s find: House of zeal

Posted on March 3, 2024 by John Schroeder

No one would mistake this place for a palace – this place I call “holy ground.”

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: ACTS Retreat, ACTS Retreats, Christian Brothers, Cleansing of the Temple, LaSalle Retreat Center, LaSallian Christian Brothers, St. Joseph - Manchester, Third Sundany In Lent

Today’s find: Savory flavors

Posted on February 25, 2024 by John Schroeder

Two different times in the past couple of days, I found myself straying off some rather well-worn culinary paths.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Chana masala, Savory Flavors, Second Sunday of Lent, Tamarind, Tamarind soda, Transfiguration

Today’s find: Bootprints

Posted on February 18, 2024 by John Schroeder

First came the snow. Then came the Snow Faeries. Both were unexpected.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Bootprints, February Snow, First Sunday of Lent, Genesis, Noah, Rainbow, Snow

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