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Third Sunday of Advent
December 13, 2020
Today begins the third Sunday of Advent called Gaudete (Latin for “rejoice”) Sunday. The Church prescribes rose colored vestments today and on the third Sunday of Lent. The great feast of Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ, nears, only 12 days to go! That is a cause of rejoicing, indeed! This week is also the […]
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Our Lady of Guadalupe
December 12, 2020
Today the Church celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and venerates the Blessed Virgin Mary under that title. On December 9, 1531, a peasant named Juan Diego experienced the first of five apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Tepeyac Hill near present day Mexico City. The beautiful, miraculous image of the Virgin […]
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We Remember: Pearl Harbor
December 7, 2020
We remember how, on the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941, without warning or provocation, Japan attacked Naval Station Pearl Harbor in the U.S. Territory of Hawaii. This dastardly, sneak attack killed over 2400 Americans and injured over 1100 others. Four battleships were sunk and 188 aircraft destroyed. Many other ships and aircraft were damaged. […]
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Second Sunday of Advent
December 6, 2020
In the Gospel this Sunday, John the Baptist’s disciples seek out Jesus to ask if He is the One that is to come or should we expect another. Jesus replies in the language of the prophets of old: the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise, and […]
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December Already
December 3, 2020
I can’t believe it’s December already, and time is flying by. It won’t be long (as the Beatles said) ’till Christmas is here and then New Year’s Day and 2021. It seems like just yesterday that we were hunkering down in the RV waiting for Spring!
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First Sunday of Advent
November 29, 2020
Advent, a season of waiting, preparing, and hoping begins! Waiting for what? Waiting for Jesus to come at Christmas! But he already came, right? Yes, in history he came, and he will come again like he promised. But liturgically, we relive his first coming (the first Advent), and we anticipate with joy his second coming […]
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Black Friday
November 27, 2020
What can you really say about this made up, crassly commercial day? Well, you can get some good deals, and that’s a good thing. But people waiting in line for hours, fighting in the store aisles over stuff, knocking people over in their mad rush to get more stuff, and generally rude behavior… not so […]
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Thanksgiving
November 26, 2020
The celebration of Thanksgiving in America grew out of religious traditions associated with Protestant colonists and can be traced back to events in 1619 and 1621 in which thanks was offered to God for his protection and bounty. Early celebration dates varied in the United States, but President Abraham Lincoln set the date formally by […]
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Thanksgiving Dinner
November 25, 2020
So, the eternal question: What are we having for Thanksgiving dinner? I, for one, can provide an answer. Let’s see… Roast duck Cornbread dressing Cranberry walnut stuffing Homemade cranberry sauce Sweet potatoes Garlic butter baked round potatoes Gravy Green beans with ginger Corn Relish dish (deviled eggs, cashews, olives, tomatoes, cheese) Mixed berry pie I […]
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Advent is Near
November 24, 2020
Take heed. The liturgical season of Advent begins Sunday, November 29 (just five days from today). That day begins a new church year with the First Sunday of Advent. Advent celebrates both the first Advent of Jesus as the God-Man in the incarnation as well as the second Advent of Jesus as the just judge […]