It’s hard to tell, based on St. Mark’s account, precisely what happened to Jesus during his desert sojourn.
We learn that it lasted for forty days—but Mark provides none of detail we find in the stories told by Matthew and Luke.
Author Archives: John Schroeder
Today’s find: Desert drive-by
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Tags: Desert, God's Promises, Gospel of Mark, Lent
Today’s find: Wedding party
Came across a spiritual nugget in The Wall Street Journal, of all places, today.
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Tags: Lent, Paradise Partners, The Wall Street Journal, WSJ
Today’s find: Resolutions
Ever wonder if Jesus thought about needing to lose a little weight?
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Tags: Lent, Lenten Resolutions
Today’s find: Cellhouse Psalm
Every year on Ash Wednesday, we get reacquainted with the meaty portion of Psalm 51, proclaimed at Mass in response to the first reading.
It’s become a favorite of mine in the past couple of years—in no small part because Psalm 51 served as the trigger, more or less, for my blogs of found spirituality.
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Tags: Clean heart, Kairos Prison Ministry, Lent, Menard Correctional Center, Psalm 51, Steadfast spirit, Steadfast Spirit 2013
Today’s find: Raising Cain
You could call it one of my earliest experiences of scripture study—Sister James recounting the story of Cain and Abel for our third grade religion class.
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Tags: Abel, Cain, Mercy, Raising Cain, Semi-pelagianism
Today’s find: Dogmeat
I’m not particularly keen to disclose this: If you poke around my iPod music library long enough, you’ll find not one, not two but three ‘Tom Jones’ tracks.
Yes, THAT Tom Jones.
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Tags: Did Trouble Me, Dogmeat, Syrophoenician Woman, Tom Jones
Today’s find: Best-laid plans
Ever have one of those days when nothing seemed to go according to your plan?
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Tags: Best Laid Plans, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Integral Christianity
Today’s find: Of cops & conversions
I’ll admit: I’m a bit of a sucker for police dramas and whodunits.
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Tags: Catherine Cawood, Happy Valley, Netflix
Today’s find: Candlemas
Candlemas came a little early this year at our parish.
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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
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