My simple breakfast—poppy seed bagel, slathered in cream cheese—stirred up a lovely memory this morning.
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Today’s find: Poppy seed bagel
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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
Today’s find: Homecoming
One of the first things you notice when you enter the gymnasium at De Smet Jesuit High School are the championship banners. There are literally dozens of them lining the walls, hailing the stellar seasons of bygone teams in basketball, soccer and many other sports.
Now, you won’t find the names of my sons — both De Smet alums — listed on any of the banners. They had the misfortune of inheriting their father’s athletic genes. (Ahem!) Even so, I experienced a triumphant homecoming of sorts on Christmas Eve, when our eldest son packed ’em in for another venerable school tradition.
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Tags: Christmas, Christmas Eve, DeSmet Jesuit High School, Homecoming
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, Nativity
Today’s find: O Emmanuel – God With Us!
Our wait nearly over, our hearts are filled with joy as we pray:
O Emmanuel, our King, and Giver of Law:
come to save us, Lord our God!
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Today’s find: O King and Keystone
To You we look, Lord Jesus, as we humbly await your coming at Christmas and pray:
O King of all nations and keystone of the Church:
come and save man, whom you formed from the dust!
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Tags: Advent, Anticipation, Keystone, O Antiphons
Today’s find: O Radiant Dawn
On this, the shortest day of the year (in the northern hemisphere), we look with longing to our true Light, as we pray:
O Radiant Dawn, splendor of eternal light, sun of justice:
come and shine on those who dwell in darkness
and in the shadow of death!
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Tags: Advent, Fourth Sunday of Advent, O Antiphons, O Radiant Dawn, Winter solstice
With Us Still 