Critical Mass

Because he put this in my mailbox:

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Hahahahaha! Just now, S was making a pot of coffee for her and Dr. K (as the only 2 people in the office without Starbucks addictions, who can still drink “normal” coffee). For whatever reason, it doesn’t drain down and fills the little filter bucket, which then overflows, making a huge mess over the counter. [...]

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Little White Book, Saturday 3/29
Today’s Gospel (Mk 16:9-15) tells us of how the faithful disciples of Jesus were hesitant to believe in the Resurrection until confronted with hard evidence.  The reflection in the LWB talks of the context of Mark’s writing, being that the Christians had just gone through torture and persecution under Nero.  It [...]

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Does anyone else have a recurrent theme of trial in their life?  For me, this seems to be laundry.
A little history:  Growing up, my mom was the Energizer Bunny of Housekeeping.  You would wake up in the morning, head off to the bathroom to get ready for the day, and by the time you returned, [...]

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Little White Book, Thursday 3/27
“We all have wounds — from broken relationships, injuries, setbacks, crime, tragedies.  Perhaps some wounds were the result of our own mistakes.  Some may still be bleeding.”
“…the Lord uses the dissonance of my wounds to create something beautiful within me.”
 Today, I am particularly having some problems with my “scar tissue.”  Especially [...]

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I had a very nice plan this morning.  I was going to sleep in a little bit, get up, take a shower, go to Chrism Mass down at the cathedral, shop at the new Catholic bookstore, figure out something for dinner, go to the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, and then have a few people [...]

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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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It was one of those moments that really make you understand the phrase, “Fear of the Lord.”
Morning Mass.  I usually sit in the center, second row, in the middle of the row.  Not that I sit in the same place all the time  - no, no, then I would be Catholic.  Oh.  Wait.  Hmm.  Maybe [...]

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Okay, last year before Lent:
Fr. John’s talking to our RCIA class.  He is giving us examples of things that we could give up (or take on) for Lent.  I hear something like, “Some of you might give up their daily Starbucks or Caribou or whatever it is -” 
*and he’s looking in MY direction*  Now, wait [...]

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Or at least that’s what I choose to believe.  All those little virii which have invaded are now getting the smack-down from my white blood cells.  Yippee!
So, the fact that I feel yukki and am getting symptomologically worse is insignificant to the fact that I am happy, happy to have evidence of a functioning immune [...]

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