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  Wednesday – Feast of St. Martha, Mary and Lazarus     Gospel – John11:19-27, Luke 10:38-42 Meeting Jesus Boat Chapel, Magdala We witnessed a little fender bender in the Walmart parking lot a few days ago.   One SUV backed up into another one.   The 2 women immediately got out of their cars and moved toward each other.   If you’re from Chicago, you know what will happen next.   They would immediately start yelling and blaming the other.   Then it would get physical, slapping and hitting.   A crowd would form and people would be recording the event on their phones and eventually post it online!   Eventually the police are called and insurance companies are contacted!   But that’s not what happened, not at all!   They got out of their cars and, instead of immediately checking for any damage to their vehicles, they checked on each other.   Are you ok?   I’m ok; are you?   And then they embraced each ot...
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  Tuesday – 17 th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew 13:36-43 A Wise Man Once Said…. Church of St. Peter’s Primacy, Tabgha I am not the greatest at asking for directions or for help.   I am more a ‘learn from my mistakes’ kind of guy.   Give me a project like assembling a 400 piece bookshelf/office work-station and I will go at it completely on my own.   In the process, I must admit, it probably takes me twice as long to complete but then I tell myself – I did it all by myself!   So in the end, I feel what I lack in wisdom is made up for with brute force, not always a good thing! The disciples in today’s Gospel are in a much better frame of mind.   Jesus has just shared the Parable of the Sower and the Seed.   And they don’t understand!   They don’t get it!   But give them credit; they then ask Jesus to explain it to them.   For once, I think Jesus’ explanation takes a back seat to the attitude of His disciples.   They ...
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  Monday – 17 th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew13:31-35 With Great Abandon! Making Bread! One thing I miss from our Dakin home is our gas cooktop/oven!!   Our new home has electric and, after 2 years here, I continue to struggle making the adjustment.   Nothing bakes the same way or time; it’s always a guessing game.   I am realizing that altitude may also play a part in the baking process. I made zucchini bread a couple days ago and they finally came out exactly the way I wanted (and tasted).   But baking bread is still a challenge.   Getting the dough to rest and rise is an ongoing challenge.   Hard to realize that such a little ingredient like yeast could play such a big role in baking bread! We hear about yeast in the second parable of today’s Gospel.   Jesus speaks of a woman who prepares 3 measures of flour to make bread.   The recipe I use requires about 4 cups of flour; out of that, I end up with 2 small loaves of fre...
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