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  Thursday – 3 rd Week of Easter Random thought   Let’s face it!   Even though we need food and water on a daily basis for our survival, we really do take it for granted!   That favorite pot roast that Mom makes!   That favorite flavor of ice cream!   That warm pie straight out of the oven!   Steamed crabs or a good fish fry or our go-to snacks or cookies!   We all have our favorites and we all take them for granted.   At least until we are facing a medical test or surgery!   And suddenly we are looking at a ‘clear liquid’ diet!   Ugh! And then, boy, do we miss food, any food!   Only then do we realize how important, how life-giving food really is.   So then what about the Eucharist?   What about the ‘bread of life’ Jesus talks about in today’s Gospel?   Do we take it for granted?   Do we even appreciate that gift of eternal life?   Do we take it for granted or just something we receive at ...
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  3 rd Sunday of Easter     Just a brief thought!   There is one line in yesterday’s Gospel that I can’t seem to let go of.   It’s when Peter says “I’m going fishing” What?   Seriously?   What is he thinking?   Certainly not about going to work, to his old job.   No, I think it’s about taking a break, getting away from it all.   After all they have been through and seen, Peter recognizes he needs to get away, to do something he enjoys, something that relaxes and calms him.   Anyone who’s a fisherman knows what I’m talking about.   Long hours of sitting and waiting, doing nothing!   And then a few short minutes of furious activity reeling in that fish.   Peter needs some time to just step away, to clear his head and calm his heart.   So say we all!   Whether it’s by choice or not, that time away from the world and all its care and stress is important and necessary.   Take the time!   Wh...
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  Second Sunday of Easter   Gospel – John 20:19-31 Faith and Family Us Decades ago, when Jaime was maybe 7 or 8 years old, I was having some stomach issues, bad enough to spend some time in the hospital to figure out what was going on.   Finally, one morning, with Jaime and Ginger in the room, the doctor comes rushing in to tell me in these overly blunt words – you have cancer, we will perform surgery today and start you on chemo treatments tomorrow!   After I got over the initial shock, I basically had 2 reactions!   First, how dare you blurt out such a diagnosis with our little daughter in the room without even consulting us beforehand.   How disrespectful! How insensitive!   And secondly, my personal health, or lack thereof, was the last thing on my mind.   All that mattered to me was Ginger and Jaime and how all this would affect them! Some things never change!   Truth be told, after all that stress and worry, his diagnosi...
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