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♫ ♫ ♫   Praise the Holy Trinity, undivided unity . . . . An oldie, but a goodie.  I’m pretty sure it will be “stuck” in my head for the rest of the day.  Many parishes only bring out this song a few times a year, maybe even just once, on this day – the […]

What makes you tick? If I polled each of you (and myself) I’d almost certainly get a wide variety of answers.  Some of us need all sorts of people around us all the time, while some of us need lots and lots of alone time.  Some of us want our days packed from sun-up to

One shortcoming that I’m still battling with is waiting. As a child, I couldn’t stand to wait and I’m still not good at it .  I hated waiting for Christmas to arrive.  Why is Advent SO long?  I hated waiting for the Easter to come.  Why is Lent SO long?  I hated waiting for any

If you’ve ever lived in more than one house (which nearly all of us have) you know that they don’t all “feel” the same.  This is especially evident when people move from a place they’ve  lived in for all long time to one much different in character, layout, or size (or all three). For instance

“He will wipe every tear from their eyes . . .” If you’ve ever experienced something tremendously painful in your life you know that it can be all-consuming.  These kinds of things can dominate our thoughts.  They can worry us beyond measure.  They can take us to some pretty dark places.  And they can feel