Sometimes, the extraordinary appears in the most unexpected places. Take my back yard, for instance.
Author Archives: John Schroeder
Today’s find: Backyard beauty
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Tags: LaSalle Retreat Center, Missouri Botanical Gardens, Mushroom Fairy Rings, Paradise, Stunning Sunset, Summer Flowers, Sunset
Today’s find: A cabin called Joy
At my beloved’s suggestion, I tried something new this past week: Ending our annual summer vacation with a couple of days of quiet ‘retreat time.’
Honestly, I wasn’t completely sold on the idea. I guess it’s because, on some level, I like to keep my ‘spiritual’ side separate from my ‘recreational’ side – both in their own nice, neat compartments.
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Tags: Abbey of Gethsemani, Assumption, Cedars of Peace, Loretto Community, Loretto Motherhouse, Merton
Today’s find: Worthy of praise
‘We interrupt this prophetic diatribe…to bring you a few choice samples of apocalyptic vision.’ That’s about what it felt like at Mass today, with the great feast of the Transfiguration plopped down in the middle of a liturgical week otherwise devoted to a serious rant from the prophet Jeremiah.
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Tags: Daniel, Jeremiah, Ordinary Time, Praise, Praiseworthy, Prophet Jeremiah, Transfiguration
Today’s find: Things That Endure
I’ll admit to not always being 100% attentive and engaged at Mass.
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Tags: Collect Prayer, Mass Propers, Roman Missal, Things That Endure
Today’s find: Buyer beware
My ‘Tuesday’ didn’t exactly go according to plan. A dead car battery threw the day’s schedule into a bit of a tailspin…and threatened to take my good humor right along with it.
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Tags: Bumper-to-bumper, Cardinal virtues, Treasure, Warranty
Today’s find: Santiago’s Way
In my close circle of friends, I count at least half a dozen men named ‘James.’ Near as I can tell, not a single one claims the son of Alphaeus as his patron saint. And who can blame them? Who’d want to named after the guy colloquially known as ‘James the Lesser’?
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Tags: Less Is More, Santiago, Son of Alphaeus, Sons of Thunder, Sons of Zebedee, St. James the Greater, St. James the Lesser
Today’s find: Magdalene
The more you look into Mary Magdalene’s story, the more you realize that she really got it right.
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Tags: Apostle to the Apostles, Discipleship, Magdalene, Mary Magdalene
Today’s find: Stepping out
‘Who is this person?,’ I thought when I got a photo-text from high above the streets of Chicago the other day. ‘And will someone kindly return my wife to me?’
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Tags: Brother John Johnston Institute, Psalms of Ascent, Skydeck Ledge, Willis Tower
Today’s find: Hospitality
I’ve been known to call myself a spiritual pilgrim, but I realized over the weekend that I’m actually pretty much of a homebody.
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Tags: GPS, Hospitality, Nebraska, Omaha, St. Benedict
Today’s find: Freedom
Ever notice how free Jesus seems to be when he interacts with the people around him?
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Tags: Forgiveness, Freedom, Kingdom of God, Mercy
With Us Still 