Really cold day

We’ve not had much winter weather so far this season. Not that I like the cold, it’s just that it feels wrong. Today the morning temperature was in the upper teens with a few flakes of snow falling. Walking to church to count collection (not my favorite bit of volunteering) was actually nice. Somehow, January

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Tuesday of Christmas Week

Tuesday December 28, 2021 Jesse Tree- Innocents  1 John 1:5-2:2 Today we remember the Holy Innocents and hang their ornament on the Jesse Tree. John’s letter admonishes us that if we “talk the talk, we must walk the walk.” If we claim to care for the unborn (the innocents), then we must care for them once

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Monday of Christmas Week

Monday December 27, 2021 Jesse Tree-Shepherds  John 20:1a, 2-8 In her wisdom, the church gives us a resurrection story today. Mary Magdalene ran to tell Simon Peter that the tomb was empty. Our Jesse Tree ornament is the shepherds. They ran to Bethlehem at the behest of angels to see the newborn king. Upon arrival, they

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Sunday of Christmas Week

Sunday December 26, 2021 Jesse Tree-Holy Family 1 John 3:1-2 Today we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family. Our Jesse Tree ornament depicts the family consisting of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus. The second reading from Mass today is taken from the first letter of John where he tells us that we are “called the children of

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Christmas Eve

Friday December 24, 2021 Jesse Tree-Mary Luke 1:67-79 Zechariah’s beautiful canticle is today’s Gospel. In front of friends and family, he lifts his voice in a prophetic song, from his newly loosed tongue, after his son John is circumcised. This canticle praises God for keeping his word and announces that his son will prepare the way for

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