Posts Tagged With: Christmas

Today’s find: Star of Wonder

Posted on December 24, 2021 by John Schroeder

Ever notice?

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Today’s find: Christmas Conjunction

Posted on December 24, 2020 by John Schroeder

We stepped out onto our deck the other day, and saw something unusual in the gloaming: a celestial event some 800 years in the making.

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Today’s find: The Star of Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2018 by John Schroeder

Ever notice? 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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Today’s find: The Star of Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2016 by John Schroeder

Ever notice? 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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Today’s find: Caspar, Balthasar and Melchior

Posted on January 2, 2016 by John Schroeder

Then what?

It’s an intriguing question, one I’d never really applied to the three wise men before.

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Today’s Find: The Star of Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2015 by John Schroeder

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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Today’s find: Homecoming

Posted on December 25, 2014 by John Schroeder

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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Today’s find: The Star of Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2014 by John Schroeder

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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Sunday Snippets

Posted on December 29, 2013 by John Schroeder

As 2013 draws to a close…there’s time for one more ‘Old Year’ gathering of bloggers at RAnn’s place for Sunday Snippets: A Catholic Carnival. You’re invited to share some holiday cheer with several different writers there …

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Today’s find: What Mary Knew

Posted on December 25, 2013 by John Schroeder

A big part of our family got together for a Christmas celebration last night…and as I looked around the room at the three generations of Schroeders assembled…I was moved to consider what a blessing it is to have a loving family. Not a perfect family — not by a long shot. But certainly, a loving family. And in that love we share, we are witness to the greatest gift of all: God’s love for each of us.

I suspect it’s something like what filled Mary’s heart, when she first cradled her precious child. And so once again, I give thanks for the gift that children (and parents and grandchildren) are in my life.

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Merry Christmas to all!

We sing of Christmas blessings!

We sing of Christmas blessings!

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