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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/

Sunday Snippets–Joining A Catholic Carnival

I learned about Sunday Snippets — apparently, a virtual community of Catholic bloggers — from reading Kathleen Basi’s wonderful blog. I thought, what the heck? Why not join the fun?

I don’t have much to add on the current Question of the Week — “Do you have any recipe you make for religious reasons?” (Do Christmas cookies count?  Or how about Kairos Prison Ministry cookies?)

But I did find a recent Question of the Week — “Who is your favorite saint?” — intriguing. All saints have been a blog topic of mine lately… including some thoughts on how many of us are going to be saved … and what it might be like to picture yourself (or one of your offspring) on a holy card.

And then there’s my attempt to answer the age-old Catholic question: If a child is ordained, or enters a religious order, does that mean the parents get a free ticket to heaven? (Just kidding…but I am serious about my experience of the sacramental nature of parenthood. See what you think about my position.)

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Today’s find: Icon

If you’d asked me at the time of their birth, I’d have been pleased to think that one day my children would become icons.

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Today’s find: Numbers game

At times, some of the holy ones in our midst are inclined to focus on scarcity. Today, we celebrate a feast that counters this point of view. It seems to say to them, ‘Not so fast!’

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Today’s find: Indelible

Any properly catechized Catholic will tell you there are seven sacraments. I’m thinking of starting a movement for the Church to recognize an eighth (or at least, perhaps, a “Seven.A”)—one called parenthood.

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Today’s find: Redwoods

If you try to take a photo of a giant redwood using conventional equipment, you discover very quickly that you’re barking up the wrong tree.

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Today’s find: Waves, crashing

A walk on the beach can help you develop a whole new appreciation of scripture.

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Today’s find: Shut-down

Yosemite is beautiful this time of year. Or so I hear.

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Today’s find: Master of disguise

In today’s gospel reading, we hear people saying of Jesus, ‘The Devil made him do it.’

That’s a loose translation, of course: The conversation in question preceded Flip Wilson’s famous comedy routine by about 2,000 years.

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Today’s find: Habakkuk

Apparently, I’ve got something in common with the prophet Habakkuk.

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Today’s find: Rubble. Blessed rubble.

If you live long enough, chances are many of the things you hold dear will eventually crumble before your eyes. And there can be a profound blessing in that rubble.

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