May 2018
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Circles and Triangles and Lava and Ice, Oh My
Today is Trinity Sunday, when the Church celebrates one of its greatest mysteries. We affirm our belief in the mystery of the Trinity every time we recite the Nicene Creed. The mysteries of the Church are supernatural truths. These are realities that we know to be true, and we accept the fact that we cannot Continue reading
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I love you but No
There was a teacher at my kids’ high school who would often respond to the students’ persistent requests with an unassailable conversation stopper: I love you, but No. For the kids, it was the last word in that sentence which resonated. They didn’t really believe the first part. And that is understandable, for much of Continue reading
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Come Holy Spirit
Today is Pentecost Sunday when the Holy Spirit was given to the apostles and to the church. Pentecost is sometimes called the birthday of the church. On the Church calendar, Pentecost is one of the Sundays when we sing something called the sequence before we hear the gospel proclaimed. The sequence for today is an Continue reading