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  Thursday – Memorial of St. Josaphat Gospel – Luke 17:20-25 Right in Front of Your Nose Church of the Beatitudes, Galilee Ever have one of those days (weeks, months) when everything seems out of whack; it’s all a little off.   On top of it all, you keep losing things – eyeglasses, wallet, watch.   And that’s not the bad part; the bad part is, when you do find them, they were right there in front of you all the time.   Sheesh, how did I miss that?   All that time and effort and stress looking for them and they were right in plain sight.   We can get so distracted by the world around us that we miss what we were looking for in the first place. The Pharisees are back in today’s Gospel asking more questions and this time Jesus is especially patient and doesn’t scold them.   They want to know when the Kingdom is coming?   Do we check the sky for a sign or is it here or there?   Jesus quite calmly explains – the Kingdom isn’t coming; it’s ...
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  Wednesday – Memorial of St. Martin of Tours Gospel – Luke 17: 11-19 A Simple Gift, A Simple Thank You Church of the Beatitudes, Galilee The closer we get to the holidays, the more I am reminded of one simple thing from my childhood.   It’s not putting up the Christmas decorations or shopping for the tree; it’s not even Christmas morning and opening the presents.   No, it’s the thank-you’s we were expected to give.   Whether it was Christmas day and we were shuttled to the phone to thank the relatives for the presents or it was the thank-you cards we had to write out.   Whatever form they take, the child in me always felt put out that I had to step away from all those wonderful new presents and say thank you!   Times change, of course, and we all realize the importance of saying thank you, much less hearing those words from someone we love and cherish. A simple thank you!   That’s all that was, dare I say, expected after Jesus cured the ten le...
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  Tuesday – Memorial of St. Leo the Great Gospel – Luke 17-7-10 Service With A Smile Church of Dormition, Jerusalem 5 years ago, Ginger and I had a pretty consistent routine.   Every Sunday night we would sit down and look at the calendar for the week.   The goal?   To see if there were any nights when we would both be home for dinner!   Most weeks that translated to one night, maybe two if we were lucky.   Otherwise, it was dinner for one or dinner on the run as we navigated various meetings, services, RCIA, Baptismal Prep, etc.   And that doesn’t even include all that we did as spouses, as grandparents and as caregivers for her elderly mom and dad – cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping and shuttling her parents to doctor appointments. Nowadays, the routine is very different.   We take it day by day, no more long-range prep.   We get up, assess our aches and pains and only then do we make decisions on how best to take care of each oth...
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