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  Friday – Feast of St. Thomas, Apostle Gospel – John 20: 24-29 No Doubt! Church of Dormition, Jerusalem I admit it – these past 2 years, while filled with moments of incredible joy and peace, have also been filled with times of deep doubt.   Worries over the health of loved ones, the pain of their loss, separation from dear friends and their visible support, the emptiness of missing my little ‘energizer bunnies.” Throughout our lives, we all have moments where our confidence falters, where our faith just seems to disappear.   It can be our faith in ourselves, in others, even our faith in God.   Moments of doubt and disbelief!   That moment when we have that presentation to give that can make or break our job security.   That moment of riding our bike for the first time without the training wheels.!   That moment as a parent when you have to just sit quietly and watch your daughter take that first bike ride! That moment when we face asking her/...
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  Thursday – 13 th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew 9:1-8 A Helping Hand Outside Old City, Jerusalem   A woman came up to me after Mass on Sunday and proceeded to thank me for my sermon from 2 weeks earlier – God is calling (cellphone) – do we answer!   She remarked that she had brought a group of high schoolers with her that Sunday and they apparently got the message loud and clear!   And she wanted to thank me!   And it made my day! That’s how it is!   Sometimes all it takes is just a few words to brighten someone else’s day!   What you think is a simple gesture can be a miracle, a kindness, to someone else! That is what happens with the paralytic in today’s Gospel.   He never would have encountered Jesus without the help of others.   A simple act of kindness - carrying him to Jesus– and look at the results!   Most often when we hear this story, we focus on the paralyzed man.   But let’s change our perspective. The ...
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  Wednesday – 13 th Week in Ordinary Time 1 st Reading – Amos 5:14-15, 21-24 Stormy Weather – Round 2 Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem Continuing my stormy weather story from yesterday!   With all the heavy rain and flooding, getting to church on Sunday was a bit nerve-racking!   We left early just to be safe and arrived at St. Joseph’s without any major problems.   But what happened next was completely unexpected! I got out of the car and raced around to help Ginger. By the time I got to her side of the car, one of our Mass greeters came out with this huge umbrella, met us at the car and ushered us, safe and dry, into the church.   I saw that act repeated dozens of times before and after Mass.   Our Greeters stationed themselves at all the entrances to the church and shuttled parishioners back and forth to their cars before and after Mass!   Wow!   What service!   What hospitality!   What a wonderful act of kindness!   (I should a...
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