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About Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

A Roman Catholic priest since 1980 and a member of the Society of the Divine Savior (Salvatorians). www.Salvatorians.com. Six books on the Catholic church and U.S. culture are available on Amazon.com.

“The Green Screen”

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Most of you have probably heard of the “green screen” that’s used in movies as a background for whatever and where ever the director wishes it to be.  De Niro is not in Dublin solving a series of murders but … Continue reading →

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Christianity’s “Hub”

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Airlines ingeniously came up with one place for a convergence of multiple airplanes and then send them forth to their respective destinations.  Travelers don’t care for it much but it enabled airlines to reduce direct routes and then redirect to … Continue reading →

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Hope: Virtue of Verb?

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

My dad always told us young kids that there should always be something waiting for you.  His words were more like, “If you have it now, then what?”  So each of the five of us needed to wait for “my” … Continue reading →

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“Unity? Hardly,” Third Sunday in Catholic Ordinary Time, Mark 1:14-20

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

“(Jesus) walked along a little farther and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John.  They too were in a boat mending their nets.  Then he called them.  So they left their father…” Everybody’s right and everybody else … Continue reading →

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Funeral Sermon for a Mother

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

She’s the beginning and she is never the end. She starts and then she endures. She is the wisest of all creatures, carries you where ever she needs to be herself – feeds, clothes and proudly places your distorted drawing … Continue reading →

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John 1:35-42, “Second Sunday in Ordinary Catholic Time”

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples, 36 and as he watched Jesus walk by, he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God.” 37 The two disciples heard what he said and followed Jesus. 38 Jesus turned and saw … Continue reading →

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“Bucket List?”

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Copycats seems the order of every day even though we hold individualism as a higher priority.  We copy haircuts, musical tastes, tattoos, home furnishings…even murder patterns.  For our supposed uniqueness we are mimic people.  Now it’s the “bucket list,” from … Continue reading →

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“Being There”

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

A 1979 movie featured Peter Sellers as Chauncey Gardiner who does nothing else but reflect the projections of others including Shirley MacLaine acting out to making love to him as he watches TV on the edge of the bed along … Continue reading →

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January One

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

I woke up this morning with the same urge for a deep, dark cup of coffee that woke me up December 31.  I went to work (priests and holidays don’t mix should be a bumper sticker) and everyone seemed beaming … Continue reading →

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2014 in review

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,200 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it … Continue reading →

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