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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: Solemnity

As Roman Catholics around the world celebrate the great feast of the Annunciation today, I am reminded of the visit we made on pilgrimage to the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth two years ago…

Here’s a link to some reflections and photos I posted at that time:

Today’s find: Holy rubble

And I am moved, also, today…to pray for the Christians who now live in Nazareth, and in all areas of the world where it is difficult to BE a Christian — on a feast day, or any other day of the week.

 

Let us remember that we are in the presence of the Holy & Merciful One.

IHS

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Today’s find: Seeking wellness

The COVID vaccine tends to make beggars of us all – at least in my state of residence, and in my age-bracket.

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Today’s find: Kite-flying

I wasn’t at the end of my rope [or string] the other day. Not even close. This, even though the environment for kite-flying seemed ideal – a brisk steady breeze, punctuated by the occasional muscular gust.

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Today’s find: Unclogging

Patience is a virtue, they say. But apparently NOT when one is waiting for a bathroom sink to drain.

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Today’s find: Jerome

Meditating on the apostles’ mountaintop experience, I keep finding myself being drawn underground – to the writing grotto of St. Jerome in Bethlehem.

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Today’s find: Driven

A couple of times over the past 10 years, I have been “driven out into the desert.”

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Today’s find: HumbLent

The calendar said it was “Mardi Gras” as the Billlikens took to the court versus LaSalle last night. But all in all, Chaifetz Arena seemed to have more of an “Ash Wednesday” vibe going throughout the game.

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Today’s find: Ordinary Witness

Things were a bit different at our men’s faith-sharing group this week: Ron Peters was with us only in spirit.

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Today’s find: OT

Perhaps a bit to my Sweetie’s regret, I’m having a little trouble making the hand-off of our handsome Golf League Trophy.

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Today’s find: Plastics & humility

My fancy new dual-body tumbling composter, I notice, is constructed primarily of plastic. This is, in a sense, a vinyl-clad irony: In an attempt to reduce my environmental footprint, my go-to tool has created demand for yet more plastic.

Which is to say, life is complicated.

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