Candlemas came a little early this year at our parish.
Author Archives: John Schroeder
Today’s find: Candlemas
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Tags: ACTS Missions St. Louis, ACTS Retreat, Candlemas, Simeon, This Little Light of Mine
Today’s find: Capstone
Today, we mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Merton—a uniquely American saint, the patron saint of contradiction: ‘famous monk.’
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Tags: Abbey of Gethsemani, Echoing Silence, Gethsemani, Merton, Seeds of Contemplation, Thomas Merton
Today’s find: The passing order
Footnotes and throw-away lines can sometimes be the most fruitful parts of scripture study for me.
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Tags: Letter to Hebrews, Letter to Timothy, New American Bible, New order, Old order, St. Paul
Today’s find: Wonders
You’d think people would be OK with miracles and wonders, but that’s not always the case.
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Tags: Mighty Deeds, Miracles, The Brothers Karamazov, The Idea Factory, Wonders
Today’s find: Hierarchy
I heard the oddest thing from a Roman Catholic bishop this morning: He encouraged me (and about 100 or so fellow parishioners) to develop “a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.”
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Tags: Bishop Hermann, Evangelical Catholic, Evangelization, Hierarchy
Today’s find: Poppy seed bagel
My simple breakfast—poppy seed bagel, slathered in cream cheese—stirred up a lovely memory this morning.
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Tags: Canticle of Zechariah, Pius XII Library, Poppy seed bagel, SLU, Soul food
Today’s find: Moving time
We (Gerri and I) spent the early afternoon helping a dear elderly auntie prepare for her second household move in 13 months’ time.
Today’s find: Princes & paupers
A certain Cardinal is making headlines again, and it has nothing to do with the long-awaited coming of spring training.
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Tags: Cardinal Burke, New Emangelization, Prince of the Church
Today’s find: Epiphany
Am I a wise man today, any wiser than I was a year ago on this date?
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Tags: Epiphany, Gramps, Magi, Wise Men
Today’s find: Fullness
‘Children, it is the last hour,’ writes St. John in the passage we heard from his first letter at Mass today. Apropos, to say the least, on this final day of 2014. But it was the Gospel reading—also from John—that really caught my attention this morning: To my ear, at least, a pitch-perfect summary of the season…and the year we are about to conclude.
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Tags: 2015, Body of Christ, Emmanuel, Fullness, Granddaughter, Happy New Year, New Year's, Ordination, Three-ply cord, Vocations
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