Weekly Reflections
April 2017
3rd Sunday of Easter
My pastor friend put sanitary hot air hand dryers in the rest rooms at his church and after two weeks took them out. I asked him why and he confessed that they worked fine but when he went in there he saw a sign that read, "For a sample of this week's sermon, push the button." Why is today Divine Mercy Sunday? On April 30,...
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Divine Mercy Sunday
Just the name, Easter, brings thoughts of new life, springtime, of freshness, of the Resurrection. This is not only a day — not only a few weeks on the Church calendar — but, for Christians, a way of life. Many, from St. Augustine to Pope St. John Paul II, have said we are an “Easter people.” We carry the joys of Easter...
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Happy Easter
My husband and I find it interesting — not to mention somewhat disappointing and depressing — to see so many Christmas grinches in our neighborhood. You know the folks I’m referring to — the people who take their Christmas lights and decorations down the day after Christmas and toss the tree to the curb before...
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