Monthly Archives: November 2014

“The Schroeders”

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Like it or not, we are all compared to someone else and often found wanting.  The person you replace at work suddenly becomes a wonderful and enduring employee.  (Then why was she fired?!)  The previous teacher who gave a student … Continue reading →

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Men’s Skin Care: Born Again?

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

A Milwaukee article said men attendance is quickly rising for dermatological services.  Guys in their 40’s, 50’s and up want something tighten, reduced, eliminated and stretched to look young again.  (Again, with this youth thing!)  If it’s happening in Milwaukee, … Continue reading →

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The Practice

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Golfers practice and then go on tour to prove their worth.  There’s basketball and football practice before the next game and there’s the laborious piano practice taught by a nun with a wooden pointer.  (Four years of her before child … Continue reading →

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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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Moments of Grace

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Grace.  Not easy to define but easy to spot.  The Catholic Church tried to define grace and does it by dividing it up but both end up in the Church’s usual clinical way, stale and unemotional. Grace –wholly touching a … Continue reading →

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The Wonderful Years of Aging

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

“I’m Glad I’m Not Young Anymore” “Poor boy! Poor boy! Down-hearted and depressed and in a spin Poor boy! Poor boy! Oh, youth can really do a fellow in! How lovely to sit here in the shade With none of … Continue reading →

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