Category Archives: Spirituality

Faith’s Business

Posted on February 16, 2020 by

“Left or right.” I’m not talking politics. A business term, “the left-hand doesn’t know what the right’s doing.” Especially true in large companies but also so very true in our clever, little minds. If you noticed, I just canceled out … Continue reading →

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Flying Home

Posted on February 4, 2020 by

I wake up in my Florida hotel room thinking about those upcoming six unknown hours that I thought about last night. The Web says, on a typical Tuesday afternoon there are about 6,000 airplanes delivering and receiving anxious flyers. It’s … Continue reading →

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CandleMass

Posted on February 4, 2020 by

“Light, happiness and peace.” That’s what I say at funerals. No, this is not a depressing sermon. Apparently, however, it appears that those wonderfully blessed and God-given words are finally announced…at your funeral! And you’re not there. You’re in that … Continue reading →

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2/3, St. Blaise Blessing

Posted on February 3, 2020 by

The St. Blaise prayer with two candles touching your throat ends with, “And deliver you from every other illness.” Now you have to admit that’s a bit of a stretch. Something is going to take each and every one of … Continue reading →

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“…and seven others”

Posted on February 1, 2020 by

“…and seven others.” I’ve heard that ending to a sentence countless times the past two weeks. It was a tragic event but a very sad sentence. Seven other lives were cut short in that helicopter crash. Not a follower of … Continue reading →

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Baptism by “Fire”

Posted on January 11, 2020 by

It’s 6:28 on a Saturday night. The radio announcer thanks his listeners for listening (who knows how many there are in Manitowoc), and he lets the record end as he runs out the door. He’s gone. My lifeline. The guy … Continue reading →

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A Funeral with Adjectives

Posted on January 3, 2020 by

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” So St. John begins the last Gospel. The other three concern themselves with details, facts, stories chronicling the life of Jesus Christ. John … Continue reading →

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The Face of the Blessed Mother

Posted on January 1, 2020 by

Let’s face it. This is an important day. (January 1) Honoring the Blessed Mother with a clear vision because it’s 2020 time. For a whole year, we heighten our vision. The way we look at things. The ways we perceive … Continue reading →

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“Dysfunctional” Family?

Posted on December 31, 2019 by

Either Ozzie Nelson was left a lot of money or he made an imaginary income, but we know that he left the house. Harriet with pearls around her neck raised their two sons when only one mattered, Ricky Nelson. So … Continue reading →

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“A Tiny Light,” Epiphany

Posted on December 31, 2019 by

Dusk begins and I finish my sermon for the next day. The laptop’s bright screen is pulled down. “Boy, it’s getting dark.” The small Christmas tree placed during Advent in my kitchen’s bay window is replaced by an overpriced but … Continue reading →

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