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A Snowy Start to Lent
I have always enjoyed having Lent begin in the middle of winter. It just feels appropriate that, as winter winds down and approaches spring, Lent
02/24/2021
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New Beginnings
Every day I try to go for a walk throughout the grounds of the retreat center while listening to various podcasts. I am currently a
01/27/2021
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The Bible in a Year
If you have read my previous blogs, you can probably see that Fr. Mike Schmitz is a big role model of mine. I seriously love
01/20/2021
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Hope for the New Year
This morning, I noticed that I have been writing a lot about hope lately. Often, I write thinking of the audience. I think of what
01/13/2021
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Merry Christmas from JSC
Dear reader, I don’t usually write poetry, but if you’ll humor me- I have some free verse for you. Merry Christmas.  A Christmas Poem  Before our ad-vene,  Already
12/30/2020
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What is Prayer Like for You?
My spiritual director asked me this question during one of our meetings. We were talking over Zoom, and it was pleasant to see the trees
12/23/2020
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Waiting and Preparing
The interesting thing about the season of advent is that it is a time for both waiting and preparing. If that sounds paradoxical, it should.
12/17/2020
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Be Here Now
Welcome to the middle of the second week of Advent. Being nearly halfway through the season, it feels hard to believe how quickly Christmas is
12/09/2020
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Hopeful Preparations
Another Advent is upon us, and with it comes another opportunity to prepare for Christmas. It took too many years for me to understand why
12/02/2020
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My Grandma Hannan
I thought of how blessed we were that she died slowly. I’m not sure I even thought about it until now, but if such a beautiful person were to have left my life abruptly, I would have been devastated.
10/28/2020
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