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The Song

The Song

Daily Readings: Genesis 2:4b-9, 15-17 Psalm 104 Gospel Mark 7:14-23 Music has a way to grab the soul and connect to the emotions in our heart. Tonight as I was driving to Mass, I heard the song “Truth Be Told” by Matthew West. It is a rather sad song about truth about how we tend…

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Be still and know

Be Still and Know That I Am God – Psalm 46

Today’s Readings: Genesis 1:1-19 Psalm 104 Gospel Mark 6:53-56 “Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:11 – sometimes this feels impossible to do. Especially when you feel like the rock at the bottom of the picture. Where everything is stacking on top of you. In today’s readings, we hear the story of…

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nothing ventured nothing gained

Nothing ventured, nothing gained! (Chaucer, c. 1374)

Today’s Readings: Job 7:1-4,6-7 Psalm 147 1 Corinthians 9:16-19,22-23 Gospel Mark 1:29-39 Happy Sunday afternoon! Nothing ventured, nothing gained, what a statement!! I heard this today along with our readings. Remembering a time when I felt like Job, a slave to the day, seeking shelter from whatever may have been coming at me. I remember…

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Compassion and encouragement

Compassion and Encouragement

Yesterday we rested in the “Father of Compassion and God of all encouragement” 2 Cor 1:3, and the question today is this: Can we be models like the great cloud of witnesses before us, the saints in Faith, Hope, and Love? Years ago I thought of this question and my answer… years ago, was sure,…

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