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The Feast of the Holy Innocents

December 28, 2011 by Lisa Schmidt 2 Comments

The innocents were slaughtered as infants for Christ; spotless, they follow the lamb and sing forever: Glory to you, O Lord. Today the Church remembers the Holy Innocents, the male children executed because of Herod’s fury to find the Christ child. Herod, fearing for his throne after the Magi told him of the birth of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faith, Family, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: abortion, Christmas, December 28, Herod, Hope, Incarnation, Manger, Martyr, Nativity, Outreach, Passion, saints

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

Happily Ever After

November 9, 2010 by Deacon Joel Schmidt 2 Comments

November 7, 2010: 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time The “afterlife” is an interesting topic. Bring it up with enough people and you will get responses ranging from reincarnation to rapture and everything in between, including nothing at all. What do you believe? This was the subject of the past Sunday’s readings. Maccabee Martyrs. In the first … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faith, Schmidt, Joel Tagged: Catholic, Death, Faith, Heaven, Hope, Iraq, Maccabees, Martyr, Mass, Original Sin, Our Lady of Salvation, Sadducees, Sainthood, saints, St. Lawrence, trust, virtues
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