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  Friday - 20 th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew 22:34-40 He Loves You, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah Fields of Upper Galilee   Advice from An Old Farmer Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. Keep skunks and bankers at a distance. Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor. Words that soak into your ears are whispered… not yelled. Meanness don’t jes’ happen overnight. Forgive your enemies; it messes up their heads. Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you. It don’t take a very big person to carry a grudge. You cannot unsay a cruel word. Every path has a few puddles. When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty. The best sermons are lived, not preached. Every day we are faced with choices!   Too often, I think, we make our decisions based on one simple premise – the lesser of 2 evils !   What can I get away with?   What will ...
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  Thursday – St. Bernard Gospel – Matthew 22:1-14 Dress Code Wedding Feast (Garment) 1974   Years ago I remember going to a business lunch with a group of teachers in New York.   I didn’t realize there was a dress code (jackets) and I didn’t bring one.   The restaurant staff gave me one awful looking slightly smelly jacket that was available just for people like me.   It was embarrassing! We read in today’s Gospel about a wedding feast given by a rich man for his son.   All his friends and relatives were invited; and all refused to come.   They didn’t just forget; they made a deliberate choice not to attend.   Eventually the father invites in anyone/everyone he can find – the poor, the good, the bad.   But when the father comes in to greet all his guests, he sees someone not wearing a wedding garment. Now this is where I always had problems with the parable.   That poor man, how can you expect him to have a wedding garment; h...
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Wednesday - 20 th Week in Ordinary Time   Gospel – Matthew 20: 1-16 Mom Liked You Best Laborer in the Field, outside Jerusalem Back in the day, there was this comedy team – the Smothers Brothers – Tom and Dick – and Tom was this one set routine where Tommy always complined – Mom always liked you best!   You got more Christmas presents than me!   Why did you get the bigger piece of pie?      I think we all know the drill! As parents we know how difficult it is to be both fair and loving, just and compassionate when we deal with our children.   The same holds true for grandparents.    Often when I was blessed with spending the day with my 2 grandsons when they were little, I would treat them, among other things, to lunch. But I made the mistake one time of asking them – where do you want to go??   Big mistake.   I got two completely different answers – Portillo’s and Taco Bell - and the obvious hint that whichever I chose I w...
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