31 March 2025

New Levels

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Fourth Sunday of Lent     In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  A few people in the parish know that I ...

God Getting Dirty Hands

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Fourth Sunday of Lent–Second Scrutiny The Strouse House     Though we didn’t have a farm growing up, we did live in the country.  There were...
24 March 2025

The Sacrifice God Desires

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Third Sunday of Lent     In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  So much of our communication connects to...

A Relationship with the Truth

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Third Sunday of Lent-First Scrutiny     In high school I was on our own Quiz Bowl team (yes, I was a nerd).  And Lansing Catholic High Schoo...
17 March 2025

The Old Man and the New Man

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Second Sunday of Lent     In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  Not long before Toby Keith died, a litt...

Don't Let the Old Man In

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Second Sunday of Lent     Not long before Toby Keith died, a little more than a year ago, I heard a song that he released in 2019 called, “ ...
10 March 2025

On Pilgrimage with our Lord

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First Sunday of Lent Mount of Temptations     [In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen].  One of my hopes d...
03 March 2025

Ordo Amoris

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Quinquagesima     In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  I try to communicate accurately as much as I ca...

Proven by Testing

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Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Aerial picture of the house that exploded     On Monday, 22 November 2021 just before 9:30 p.m., I was prepar...
24 February 2025

The Authority of Suffering

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Sexagesima     In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  To whom do we listen?  Whom do we vest with author...