Not only is today the very last Friday in July, it is also the very last day of the month. Just were did the time go? I swear, the older we get, the more quickly time slips through our fingers.
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Remembering Mary, Martha and Lazarus
So often when we think of Mary, Martha and Lazarus, we don’t visualize them together despite the fact that they all shared the same house. Often Jesus would dine with them in their home.
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Today is the 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time. It is National Honor Our Parents Day. Fittingly enough, it is also the Memorial Feast of Mary’s parents, Saints Anne and Joachim.
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Have you ever heard James referred to as Christ’s brother? I’ve never been sure which of the two Chosen James that might be, but a good guess would be James the Greater. Not because he was great, but because of his ties to Jesus.
Continue reading “Saint James the Greater, One of the Chosen”Oh Yeah, It’s Tequila Day
When this simple man in a pair of jeans and red t-shirt strolled out to the end of the stage and lifted a margarita high into the air, his fans began to hoop and holler. They knew what was coming next.
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While Bologna served up like burgers might seem an odd selection for the Feast of Mary Magdalene. It’s not as odd as it sounds. Barbecued or Slow Roasted Bologna is popular in Oklahoma. And Oklahoma is home to America’s longest running Passion Play.
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What is it about summertime that makes us crave things tropical? Does drinking Malabo Rum with Pineapple juice or Silver Tequila with Mango juice really bring down our temperature?
Continue reading “What a Beautiful Catholic Friday”Let Us Remember Our Lady of Carmel
Each year as I sit down to write an introduction to a particular Catholic Feast Day, I take a moment to review what I’ve said in the past. It’s a nice trip down memory lane filled with delicious memories.
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There are more Catholic recognized saints than there are days in a year. If we wanted to, we could celebrate each day with a dedication to a different saints for the next 27 years and not have celebrated them all. Yeah, that’s a lot of saints.
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When Fridays roll around one of the hardest things to do for me is to cook a meal for just two people. Oh sure, I could cook in my usual fashion, but that would create way, way more left overs than we could possibly eat.
Continue reading “Welcome to a Catholic Friday”A Saint Filled with Doubts
Saint Thomas should stand as a great example for all of us – those who have embraces faith with zeal right from the beginning, and especially those of us who have struggled with doubt.
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Saints Peter and Paul are two of the most unlikely pair to share a feast day, and yet they do. Peter, the Rock on which Christ established His church. And Paul, born a Jew, but as a Roman Citizens, persecuted converts to the new Christian faith.
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Today is one of those rare feast days that comes to the Church through its rich oral tradition. Oral tradition is truly the building blocks of our faith. Before there was written scripture there were the oral traditions.
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It’s interesting to see opposing trends happing simultaneously. It’s a shame that these trends are also splitting much of the country in two. There’s the left and the right. Nearly all Christians aline more to the right. I don’t think that has changed over the years.
Continue reading “Baking Up a Beautiful Friday Supper”The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
Have you ever asked yourself what does the word “Nativity” mean? What does it conjure up in your mind? Nativity comes from the Latin term “nativitas” meaning birth.
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