First, she came for the abundant blooms of our daylilies. Thus emboldened, she stepped all the way onto the front porch the very next evening, and started munching on the begonias
You’re welcome, Sister Deer.
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Today’s find: Begonias be gone
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Tags: Begonia, Corpus Christi, Eucharist, Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ
Today’s find: Communion
‘Hey, Dad…I think maybe I owe you an apology.’
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Tags: Communion, Eucharist, Father's Day 2022, Feast of Corpus Christi
Today’s find: Ardent silence
Unsettling, isn’t it, to recall how “pandemic” took “pan de vida” away from most of us last year…
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Tags: Ardent silence, Eucharist, Francois Mauriac, Holy Thursday, Holy Thursday 2021, Memento Mori, Pandemic
Today’s find: Hello, ol’ Friend
Boy, did I blow my chances to display a little thoughtfulness today.
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Tags: Covid Communion, Covid-19, Eucharist, Feast of St. Martha, Martha and Mary, Mercy Hospital, Real Presence, Serendipity
Today’s find: Walk-off
Miracle of miracles: I sank a 100-foot putt the other day.
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Tags: Bread of Life Discourse, Corpus Christi, Eucharist, Golf League, John 6, St. Joe Golf League, Walk-off
Today’s find: Picked clean
Working meat off the bones of a rotisserie chicken became something of a sacramental experience for me the other day.
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Tags: Corpus Christi, Eucharist, Hunger, Loaves and fishes, Rotisserie Chicken, Sequence, St. THomas Aquinas
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: 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: God’s favor
It’s well past the mid-point of November, but there were flowers in full bloom at All Souls Church today.
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Tags: All Souls, All Souls Church Overland, Baptism, Communion, Eucharist, Funeral, Infant Baptism, Matriarch, November Blooms, sacraments, St. Joe's Manchester
Today’s find: Half-moon Edger
I was about 20 minutes into the 25-year warranty on my brand-spanking-new half-moon edging spade…when the first crack appeared in the upper reaches of the blade.
‘Uh-oh,’ I thought. ‘This is not good.’
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Tags: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Grace, Half-moon edger, Hardware, Reconciliation, Sacrament of Anointing, sacraments
