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  Thursday – St Thomas Gospel – John 20:24-29 No Doubt? Agony Stone, Gethsemane It started with a diagnosis of Parkinsons 2 ½ years ago.   Then one year ago, after a long illness, her Mom passed away.   6 days later Dad joined her on that final journey.   Then, after prolonged weakness and a hospital stay filled with tests and scans, the confirmation of a rare blood cancer!   A sudden shift in location and lifestyle followed by countless doctor visits and blood tests, medications, chemo treatments, a couple more debilitating hospitalizations and the daily struggle to put one foot in front of the other.   Then his unexpected cancer diagnosis, surgery and recovery!   What next?   Seriously?   How much more can a person stand without faltering?   Without a crisis of faith?   Without a doubt? Throughout our lives, we all have moments where our confidence falters, where our faith just seems to disappear.  It can be our faith...
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  Wednesday – 13 th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew 8:28-34 The Demons Inside Mount Precipice (Mt. Tabor in the distance)   Back when Ginger and I were first dating, I decided to take her to see the movie “The Exorcist”.   It was an unsettling and terrifying experience.   And being the gentleman, (hopefully still am), I decided to accompany her home even though it was in the opposite direction of my apartment.   Truth be told, being a gentleman had absolutely nothing to do with it.   I was just as unnerved by the movie and had no desire to be by myself any longer than necessary. While they may not be the sort that we saw in the Exorcist, we are all, in some way, fighting demons.   They may be in the form of addictions to alcohol or drugs.   They may be painful moments from the past that haunt us daily and prevent us from moving forward.   They may be unhealthy personal relationships that we just don’t have the strength to brea...
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Tuesday – 13 th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew 8:23-27 The Storm Inside Stormy Night, Tel Aviv   Ever been driving in the middle of a snowstorm?   Roads are iced up and you can barely see ahead of you.   Windshield keeps fogging up and you can’t even tell if you’re on the right side of the road?   Ever been home in the midst of a long and loud thunderstorm? The house is shaking and the windows are rattling to the point you think they will break.   And you keep checking the basement for water.   Terrifying times that shake you to the core. That’s where the disciples are in today’s Gospel.   This is no leisurely ride on the Sea of Galilee.   Storms pop up out of nowhere and this one is terrifying even for the disciples, most of whom are fishermen and should be used to it.   They are scared and fearful for their life.   And Jesus?   Well, He is sleeping!   After awakening, He rebukes them for being worried for...
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