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  5 th Sunday of Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew 5:13-19 Let’s Get Cooking! Spice Shop in Jerusalem Ginger and I watch a lot of food shows, most of them cooking competitions like Top Chef, Food Network Star, Hell’s Kitchen, Chopped and especially Master Chef (Australia – the best).   And with all of those shows, it boggles the mind how often someone gets booted off the competition because their dish “lacked flavor”, because their dish either lacked or needed just another pinch of salt!   In fact, just last week, one contestant got eliminated from the competition because of one simple mistake - they forgot to put salt in the recipe when they made bread!   And the bread came out flavorless and bland!   I may have my Senior Moments lately but so far at least, I have not forgotten the salt when I’m baking bread! I must admit I like my share of salt.   To Ginger’s chagrin, I am always adding more salt to the dish.   I recall someone (Mark Twain?) on...
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  Saturday – 4 th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Mark 6:30-34 Gimme A Break! Road?   What Road? A lot of the schools around here are still closed because of the weather -4 days in a row and still counting!   But it’s not so much the snow; that pretty much melted away over the last couple of days – it’s the ice!   Many of the back roads/driveways are too remote/too steep to be plowed; add to that, they are so tree-lined that, even on a sunny day, they rarely get much direct sun to melt the ice.   (Case in point, today’s pic!   Road?   What road?) So, the warning is clear! Stay home; don’t take chances!   And if you have to be out on the roads, slow down.   These are serpentine rollercoaster roads!   Slow down and be safe! And that is what we hear in today’s Gospel.   You can almost read between the lines.   Jesus and His disciples are exhausted.   The Apostles have just returned from their missionary journeys and...
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  Friday – St. Agatha Gospel – Mark 6:14-29 Speak The Truth Basilica of Annunciation, Nazareth In one episode of the long-running sci-fi series, Doctor Who gives what amounts to a closing speech to his companions.   The words that ring ‘true’ today are these: “Speak the truth and be kind; above all else, be kind.” John the Baptist does indeed speak the truth, but it certainly does not come across as kind.   He is blunt and to the point, telling people what they need to hear, not what they want to hear.   It is a necessary part of his mission to call people back to repentance.   And that is what he is doing with Herod, telling him in no uncertain terms that marrying his brother’s wife is wrong! Herod seems to be on the other side of the truth, saying only what he thinks people want to hear.   He is interested only in his popularity and his power.   He is a prideful man, only concerned with his image and his reputation.   Sounds familiar! ...
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