Saturday morning, I woke up in the Florida Keys. By Saturday afternoon, I was back in St. Louis…visiting with a critically-ill elderly relative in the intensive care unit at a local hospital.
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Today’s find: Both sides now
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Tags: Both Sides Now, Everglades, Feast of the Presentation, Florida Keys, Pneumonia, Simeon
Today’s find: Blizzard Pilgrimage
It’s been fascinating, hearing reports all weekend long from the March for Life caravan—a substantial portion of which got stuck in a massive snow-induced traffic jam somewhere outside of Somerset, Pennsylvania on Friday night.
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Today’s find: Unorthodox
What’s worth holding onto?
For example: An article I read recently about liturgical practice suggested – strongly – that holding onto another person’s hand during Mass is one area where I might consider loosening my grip.
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Tags: Eucharist, Liturgy, Orthodoxy, Unorthodox
Today’s find: The Disease of More
Stan Kroenke managed to get my goat the other day.
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Tags: Disease of More, Greed, Kroenke, NFL, St. Louis Rams, Stan Kroenke
Today’s find: Caspar, Balthasar and Melchior
Then what?
It’s an intriguing question, one I’d never really applied to the three wise men before.
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Tags: Balthasar, Caspar, Christmas, Divine Mystery, Epiphany, Magi, Melchior, Three Wise Men
2015 in review
The helpful stat monkeys at WordPress.com prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog.
Not surprisingly, the most popular posts contained my reflections on the passing of a saint in our midst, Brother Marvin Becker.
And it turns out, my readership increases considerably when subscribers link an item to their Facebook pages. Kinda makes me wonder if it might be time to get my own Facebook account…
Nah.
Most of the other factoids in this report are probably interesting only to me…but just in case you’d like to know more:
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Today’s find: Simeon
There’s something notably touching about the story of Simeon, whom we are told was among the first in society to welcome the baby Jesus into the world.
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Tags: Christmas Blessings, Christmastide, Eucharist, Presentation, Real Presence, Simeon
Today’s Find: The Star of Christmas
This time of year, the stars seem especially bright.
It’s almost as if the sky is clearer…and the heavens are closer to earth… than they are in the summertime.
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Tags: Christmas, Christmas Star, Emmanuel, Merry Christmas, Nativity
Today’s find: Malachi
Just a day or so left in Advent, and with one last chance to prepare our hearts for the great feast ahead, we hear from Malachi—the final prophet recorded in the Hebrew scriptures.
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Today’s find: O Emmanuel – God Is With Us!
Our wait nearly over, our hearts are filled with joy as we pray the last of the O Antiphons:
O Emmanuel, our King, and Giver of Law:
come to save us, Lord our God!
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With Us Still 