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Kindness

Holding Back and Hurting Ourselves

September 9, 2011 by Deacon Joel Schmidt Leave a Comment

September 11, 2011: Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Have you ever held a grudge? C’mon, who among us hasn’t? When we have been wronged, our first instinct is usually to get angry. Our second instinct then is to hold onto our anger, because we somehow feel justified in doing so. Forgiveness comes later, much later if … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faith, Schmidt, Joel Tagged: Communion, Debt, Ego, forgiveness, Grudge, Healing, Judgment, justice, Kindness, love, Martyr, mercy, Parable of the Unforgiving Servant, Paul, Peter, Psalm 103, Reconciliation, Resentment, Revenge, Romans, sacrament, sin, Sirach, Trespass, Wisdom

Detonating a Charity Bomb

November 11, 2010 by Deacon Joel Schmidt Leave a Comment

St. Martin of Tours helps refine our understanding of who a soldier is. Editor’s Note:  Today we are reprising our original Veteran’s Day post from last year. You’ll be happy to know that Eric, the man about whom I wrote below, is now back home safe with his family, as is his son Brady who … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faith, Schmidt, Joel Tagged: Iowa, Kindness, National Guard, Patron Saint, Sacrifice, saints, Service, Soldier, St. Martin of Tours, Veterans' Day
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