On the Feast of the Holy Family, I pondered not only the Holy Family and their struggles and challenges, but my own.  Are our expectations too high?  I hoped to have the perfect Christmas celebrations that would inspire Hallmark cards.  For some reason, my family doesn’t always seem like the happy family you might expect.  We didn’t sing Christmas carols […]

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Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.”They said to him, “We also will come with you.”  John 21:1-14 Father Tim said, “Let’s go fishing. Let’s build up this church with all who hunger for the risen Christ, the Bread of Life, whose love unifies us, calls us to be his own, and creates a living Church that radiates his […]

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Today’s psalm is “the Lord hears the cry of the poor”.  As the priest spoke about the poor and those in need, I realized we really are poor. Maybe not in money or food but in something. A few weeks ago, the priest talked about our cross and the vocation of marriage and family. I often hear about caring our […]

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I have been trying to achieve balance in my life for, well, all of my life.  I try to balance my ego with not being better than others, but also being proud of what I can do.  I have dignity; they have dignity.  I have a boyfriend and then later, a husband; I have friends and interests.  Sometimes, those conflict.  […]

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Sometimes I think this should be “Temper Tantrum Sunday.” I am torn between “Temper Tantrum Sunday” or “At Your Service” Sunday.  In today’s Scripture, Martha has a temper tantrum.  I don’t know about you but I know that I say “it’s not fair!” a lot lately.  “Why is this happening to me?”  We all want to think that we are […]

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Fr. Fessio, Ignatius Press (publisher of Lumen Fidei in America), and Jesuit, called faith, “the fundamental attitude”.  I have never heard of it referred to that way although if asked, I would say that this so blatantly obvious.  As a teacher, we refer to faith as a gift from God and a theological virtue that requires practice to get good […]

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