Critical Mass

Note: It has been brought to my attention that this story is not actually an authentic Cherokee rite of passage. It was not posted so as to be a factual representation of Cherokee culture, but I found it to be a cute story which gives a good example of fatherhood and of God [...]

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Okay, so I’m sick.  I want to drink my orange juice.  I cannot get the thing open.  Seriously.  I look around, and neither of my surgeons are available.
So….
 I walk across the hall — to the nearest, conveniently located boy — and shove my orange juice bottle at him and say, “Help!”
He grabs it and starts [...]

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You Are a Comma

You are open minded and extremely optimistic.
You enjoy almost all facets of life. You can find the good in almost anything.You keep yourself busy with tons of friends, activities, and interests.
You find it hard to turn down an opportunity, even if you are pressed for time.
Your friends find you fascinating, charming, and [...]

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I was *really* early for Catechism last night, so I browsed through the parish library.  I ended up checking out Steve Ray’s “Crossing the Tiber.”  Now, I came from an atheist background, and didn’t do any sort of research before deciding to come into the church, so my story is completely different from his.  However, [...]

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Today has been quite a day.  I had testing at University of Michigan Hospital.  As part of my testing, I had to be NPO for 12 hours, then have a blood draw.  Okay.  Well, I can’t start my NPO period after Mass, because then I would have to have my blood draw after 7 pm, [...]

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What’s pink?  My colored pencil color for the last section of readings in Bible study.  According to Jeff Cavins, this period (The Church) is supposed to be white, to represent the spotless bride of Christ. 
Have you ever tried to highlight with white colored pencil?  Doesn’t work too well.  So I had to pick another color.  [...]

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Here it is!  I did it!  Bwahahahahaha!  :)

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1.  Today at Mass, as usual, during the consecration of the gifts, I was watching them.  (As if I’m going to *see* them change into the Body and Blood — I know, I’m silly, but I still think it’s fascinating.)  As I’m watching, I was thinking back to (here’s where I’m not sure exactly where [...]

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Disembodied voice:  “Jennnnnn….  What up?”
Jenn to Bill:  “Learning about Luke today.”
Bill:  “Earning your loot today?”
Jenn:  “Ha!  I earn my loot every day!  No, ‘learning about Luke today’.  The Gospel of Luke.  About the kingdom and how to pray.”
Bill:  “Hail Mary!”
Cara:  “Amen!”

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Today, on the way in to work, one of my coworkers was noting a particularly icy patch.  She said that at least 8 people were off in the ditch.  One guy was out of his car, trying to push himself out.  As she watched, someone slid off the road and ran directly into the man.  [...]

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