I’m shutting down this website for a period of re-thinking. My last updates have not appeared on the web after the website showed them to me as posted. So, there may be an internal problem to fix. Or perhaps I perpetrated a new kind of blunder that caused it. (I’m certainly capable of new internet…
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Big and little and cups of cold water
From the Sunday Note, with additional thoughts… “Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. And…
“Falling with”…and the Cross
From the Sunday Note, with additional thoughts– Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge. Even all the hairs of your head are counted. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. Everyone who acknowledges me before…
Jesus begins to set up the Church
From the Sunday Note, with additional thoughts… At the sight of the crowds, Jesus’ heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to…
Facing a battle, looking for an ally…
From the Sunday Note, with additional thoughts… “Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me.” John 6:57 from Sunday’s Gospel “Why do you Catholics make such a big deal about Holy Communion, anyway?” It…
Would you pray for me?
From the Sunday Note, with additional thoughts: Early in the morning Moses went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him, taking along the two stone tablets. Having come down in a cloud, the LORD stood with Moses there and proclaimed his name, “LORD.” Thus the LORD passed before him and cried out, “The…
The expansion plan…
Please note: due to family visits, there will be no Sunday Notes on May 21 or 28. Scheduled to begin again on June 4, with a posting here June 5th or 6th. Thank you! From the Sunday Note, with additional thoughts: Jesus said to his disciples: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments….
“Dismissing” the royal priests and living stones…
From the Sunday Note, with additional thoughts– Beloved: Come to him, a living stone, rejected by human beings but chosen and precious in the sight of God, and, like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For…
Keeping perspective on Psalms
From the Sunday Note, with additional thoughts: The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. In verdant pastures he gives me repose; beside restful waters he leads me; he refreshes my soul. R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. He guides me in right paths for his name’s sake. Even…
Psalms instruct the soul…
From the Sunday Note, with additional thoughts– Lord, you will show us the path of life. v.1 Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge; v.2 I say to the LORD, “My Lord are you.” v.5 O LORD, my allotted portion and my cup, you it is who hold fast my lot. Lord,…