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  Tuesday – 9 th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel - Mark12:13-17 Flipping the Coin Garden in Cana There was a man who kept a garden in his backyard and every year would grow a variety of vegetables to help feed his family.   But one year, for whatever reason, his garden completely failed, nothing grew at all.   And yet his neighbor, his good friend, had an abundant harvest, loads of tomatoes, zucchini, etc.   So, in his frustration and upset, he decided to steal from his neighbor.    So late one night he went out into the darkness to steal from his neighbor’s garden. But he didn’t go alone; he took along his little boy to keep a look-out in case anyone should come along. The man jumped over the fence with a large bag on his arm, and before commencing to take the corn he looked all around to make sure no one was watching, first to the left and then to the right, behind him and in front, and not seeing anyone, he was just about to start filling his bag. ...
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  Monday – St. Justin, Martyr Gospel - Mark 12:1-12 Food for the Soul Mass at Gethsemane We celebrate today the Feast of St. Justin.   Born to educated Greek parents in Palestine around 100 AD, he is one of the first Christian writers and provides us with one of the first written accounts of how the Eucharist was celebrated in the First Century.   Included below is part of that account.   Amazing how things have remained the same! “ Having ended the prayers, we salute one another with a kiss. There is then brought to the president of the brethren bread and a cup of wine mixed with water; and he taking them, gives praise and glory to the Father of the universe, through the name of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, and offers thanks at considerable length for our being counted worthy to receive these things at His hands. “And when he has concluded the prayers and thanksgivings, all the people present express their assent by saying Amen. This word Amen answers ...
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  Sunday – Feast of the Most Holy Trinity Gospel – John 3:16-18 God Above, Beside, Within Us Tennessee Sunrise! So let me tell you a story! There were once six blind men who stood by the roadside every day and begged from the people who passed. They had often heard of elephants, but they had never seen one ; for, being blind, how could they? It so happened one morning that an elephant was driven down the road where they stood. When they were told that the great beast was before them, they asked the driver to let him stop so that they might touch him.    The first one happened to put his hand on the elephant's side. "Well, well!" he said, "now I know all about this beast. He is exactly like a wall." The second felt only of the elephant's tusk. "My brother," he said, "you are mistaken. He is not at all like a wall. He is round and smooth and sharp. He is more like a spear than anything else." The third happened to take hold o...
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