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There’s a saying out there along the lines of, “what if you woke up only with the things you thanked God for yesterday?”  If this were the case, I think a lot of us would wake up without a lot of what we currently have.  We are blessed, but how often do we forget thisContinue reading “We are Blessed”

In today’s (11/18) Gospel, we read the story of Jesus healing the blind man in Jericho.  Though it is a familiar story, reading it this morning, I was struck by this line, “He immediately received his sight and followed him, giving glory to God.  When they saw this, all the people gave praise to God”Continue reading “Giving Glory to God”

A while back, I had a thought that I should create a separate Facebook page to share my blog posts to.  I thought that I would just invite the people who regularly read my blog to “like” the page so that the posts wouldn’t be shared on the newsfeed to people who don’t read them. Continue reading “Something that Can’t be Separated”

In the Catholic Church, November is dedicated to the Souls in Purgatory.  Besides taking extra time to pray for those who have died, it is a good time to reflect on and think about death in general.  When it comes to people dying, many people tend to share things that are just not true.  SeveralContinue reading “When we Die”

This past weekend I worked a TEC retreat.  Going into the weekend, it felt like a scramble to finish preparing in the days leading up to Thursday and to take care of things that I wanted to get done before being gone for the weekend.  I also knew it would be a long weekend withContinue reading “Doing Everything we Can”

Today is the feast day of St. John Paul II.  Throughout his life and time as pope, he shared countless profound and beautiful words that give us a lot to reflect on.  One of my favorite quotes from him is, “The most beautiful and stirring adventure that can happen to you is the personal meetingContinue reading “Real Meaning”

Yesterday, I read a book called Loved as I Am: An Invitation to Conversion, Healing, and Freedom through Jesus, by Sister Miriam James Heidland.  While it was a quick and easy read, she shared so many profound statements to reflect on as she shared her story.  In one of the statements I was struck by, sheContinue reading “Showing the World”

In today’s (10/8) gospel, we read the story of Martha and Mary.  Martha is busy serving and completing tasks while her sister Mary sits at the feet of Jesus and listens.  When we hear this gospel passage, we are often asked to reflect on who we are in the story: are we more of aContinue reading “Mary and Martha”

Yesterday night as I was packing to go on vacation this week, I thought for a moment about how I am a fairly light packer. There are two types of people in the world- those who pack light and those who overpack. Neither method is necessarily better than the other. In our lives, we canContinue reading “Lightening Your Load”

When I was in college, there was a campus department/organization called Healthy Choices Task Force.  This was a group made up of faculty, staff, and students.  And contrary to their name, they promoted many ideas, programs, and activities that were anything but healthy.  One event they were planning on holding was called, “Healthy Pornography.”  (TheseContinue reading “Confronting Evil”