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  Wednesday – 18 th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew 15:21-28 A Leap of Faith Delivery Day, TN Exactly 2 years ago today, a large U-Haul truck arrived at our newly built home here in Tennessee, filled with all our earthly Chicago possessions.   Fun Fact – they actually tried delivering our ‘stuff’ the day before.   But the semi-trailer could not navigate the tight turns on our driveway.   So they retreated to the local truck stop and transferred everything to a smaller vehicle.   Sheesh! Within a few hours, they had moved everything into our Heiskell home – a few pieces of furniture and dozens of cardboard boxes, so many piled up that they blocked the windows and created a maze-like walkway throughout the house!   It took us weeks to wade through all those cartons, not to mention countless trips to the local recycle center to drop off all those empty boxes.   Looking back, Ginger and I both realize what a tremendous leap of faith we ma...
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  Tues day – St. John Vianney Gospel –   Matthew14:22-36 Super Heroes! St Mary’s Church, Newport MD So, a simple question to start the day.   Who is your favorite superhero?   Superman?   Batman?   Wonder Woman?   Black Panther?   Thor?   For me?   None of the above!   My superhero was and always has been Green Lantern!   I loved his costume; I loved that, in spite of all his powers, he had a weakness – the color yellow.   But most of all, I loved his OATH: In brightest day, in blackest night, No evil shall escape my sight Let those who worship evil's might, Beware my power ... Green Lantern 's light !   For me, that pledge embodied in the simplest of words his morality and his beliefs!   He stands for good and against evil, no matter when and no matter where!   He is a beacon of light in the darkness!   We can really get caught up with superheroes.   I always thought that, if ...
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  Monday - 18 th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew 14:22-36 Come to Me!!   Something different today!   A musical reminder/reflection that He is always here with us, even in the midst of the storm!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vu8EqK_5Yw&list=LL&index=42   We saw You feed a thousand By grace five thousand more When the miracle was over We headed for the shore You sent us on ahead Said You’d stay and pray Then You climbed the hill alone As the sunlight slipped away So we sailed across the lake And the waters start to shake Storms rose, waves crashed Lord, how long can we last Why don’t you just come Come, come to me Step out onto the sea Why don’t you just come Come, come to mе Keep your eyes on me Storms may appеar, but you’re safe when I’m near Why don’t you just come Come, come to me Come to me We saw a shadow walkin' Across the waves that night Fear gripped every heartbeat “Is that a ghost in sight?” Bu...
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