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😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  Welcome to Lent!  Today, Ash Wednesday begins our next liturgical season.  Some conversations this time of year may sound familiar…”What are you giving up for Lent this year?”  “Do you know a good fish fry in the area?”  “I really want some chocolate.”  Maybe it’s time toContinue reading “Wednesday, February 18, 2026”

😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  How does God show up and work in our lives????  Let me count the ways.  Recently we had two humidifiers stop working.  We’d had them quite a few years, so I just accepted the fact that I needed to get a new humidifier.  We found one thatContinue reading “Wednesday, February 11, 2026”

😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  This past week went by in a flash.  It’s hard to believe it’s already time to share with you again.  Every single one of us can look back at the events of our lives and start connecting the dots.  This action led to this reaction, which leadContinue reading “Wednesday, February 4, 2026”

😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  My child, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words.Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body.Above all else, guard your heart, for everything youContinue reading “Wednesday, January 28, 2026”

😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  God had me smiling this week as I thought about how He quietly works on us in the background and then waits for us to respond.  In the last quarter of 2025, our family of parishes ran a campaign.  As with most, our minds typically think aContinue reading “Wednesday, January 21, 2026”

😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  Driving home from Adoration Monday evening, my mind wandered to meeting people and things you ask, to get to know them.  You know, ice breaker kind of questions.  One question that crossed my mind was, “What are your hidden talents?”  I started thinking, “What talents do IContinue reading “Wednesday, January 14, 2026”

😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  1 Corinthians 10:31 “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”  The evening of New Year’s Day, I was searching for a movie to watch, when I came across “Remember the Goal”.  I started the movie andContinue reading “Wednesday, January 7, 2026”

😎🐫🎤 Merry Christmas!  Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  During Christmas and as we embark on 2026 it’s a perfect time to focus on family.  In the celebration of Christ’s birth, we get a glimpse of the importance of family.  The Holy family didn’t have a perfect life, but they did love and protectContinue reading “Wednesday, December 31, 2025”

😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  Happy Christmas Eve!!!  As I’ve journeyed through Advent, one of the ideas I’ve found myself meditating on is the pure innocence, peace, and love that is brought forth from the infant Jesus to our world at His birth and still today.  Right next to my nativity scene,Continue reading “Wednesday, December 24, 2025”

😎🐫🎤 Hi All. Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  This week I finished reading The True Meaning of Christmas by Michael Patrick Barber.  This book breaks down familiar Christmas carols, giving them new meaning, by presenting Biblical history and language of the time.  I want to share with you a portion of “Away InContinue reading “Wednesday, December 17, 2025”