Daily Archives: November 9, 2014

A Beatles Love Letter

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Dear Prudence, Yesterday I had a hard day’s night because I wanted to hold your hand. I could say ‘love me do’ but Mother Superior jumped the gun. But nothing’s gonna change my world because you’re the girl with kaleidoscope … Continue reading →

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My Grandmother’s Clock

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

It looked majestic standing proudly in my grandmother’s living room.  Its towering presence captured you as you entered the room.  (There’s a lot of towering things around when you’re ten years old.)  Four times an hour it announced itself to … Continue reading →

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St. Sebastians Catholic Church, Milwaukee

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

I arrive for the Sunday 8:00 a.m. twenty minutes before the Mass begins.  The parking lot has one other car.  It doesn’t bother me. I enter the 150 year old church, modernized now, and the ushers immediately greet me.  I … Continue reading →

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“In Between” Time

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

One of my favorites themes is, “inbetween time.”  It’s supposed to be two words but it is always one event and it’s choked full of meaning. Most of our lives is lived “inbetween.”  In between the yesterday event and the … Continue reading →

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The Schmucks of This World

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

St. John was definitely having a bad hair day when he wrote this.  “Do not love the world or the things of the world.  If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  For all … Continue reading →

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