Wounds of Love

A Homily for Good Friday ”Nay!” answered the child; “but these are the wounds of Love.” –Oscar Wilde, The Selfish Giant— When I was in the seventh grade, my father noticed the peach fuzz sprouting on my upper lip and called me into the bathroom.  After handing me a razor,

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A Bit about Grit

“Stay in the same house and eat and drink what is offered to you, for the laborer deserves payment.  Do not move about from one house to another.” –Luke 10:7–             Here’s a story you may have heard before.  It is a variant of a tale originally told by Aesop—that

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Appreciation

And wherever he [Jesus] went, into village or hamlet or town, they laid the sick in the market places, and entreated him to let them touch but the tassel of his cloak; and as many as touched him were saved. –Mark 6:56–              Years ago, my friend Mary gave me

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