My Life

How I see the world, who I love and more

Hope for the Church?

Today John Freund sent me a link that was a bright spot: LeavenDenver.org. Reading thru the site - especially the "Your Pulpit" section gave me a strong sense that the Holy Spirit is indeed renewing the face of the earth. I was very moved by the woman's homily based...

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Recent Travels

Our last journey involved travel from rain-soaked Alabama up to the beach in southern Maine by way of NYC and Rhode Island.... T'was a grand time -with Daniel (18) and Marie (22) travelling with us in the car, and David (24) meeting us in Maine. Two weeks of family -...

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Louise’s Gardens

Just before we started home from Maine, we stayed with JP's aunt Louise. Louise has beautiful gardens - BEAUTIFUL! This is a view of Louise's Front Gardens July, 2003

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Old Orchard Beach – Maine

Old Orchard Beach – Maine

We're about to head home after a couple of weeks in New England and New York. After too many years, we had all 7 Nicol cousins in the same place at the same time From left to right: Daniel (18), Tom (16), Marie (22), David (24),Rob (14), Chris (19) and Mike (17). What...

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Am I becoming a evangelist?

I sometimes find myself wondering if I peering over the edge of becoming a diet evangelist. Heaven forbid! But, just as exploring the wonders of God's love can turn one into a true evangelist, this low-carb eating and the results with respect to how I feel, how my...

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Year of Mercy

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Journey to myself

  • Luke 17:11-19 offers us the story where 10 lepers ask Jesus for help. All 10 are cured of leprosy as they were headed out to follow his instruction to present themselves to the priests. Only one, a Samaritan (foreigner, not a chosen person) turns back to say “Thank you.” Jesus tells this one that his […]
  • This Sunday the Catholic Church (at least in the US) celebrates the feast of Christ the King. Interesting how the readings for mass focus on shepherds and sheep and goats. Even the Psalm is Psalm 23 (The Lord is my shepherd.) If you want to read them yourself, look here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112623.cfm The Gospel is Mt […]
  • What about this Sunday’s Gospel hit me? For reference, read below. Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 18,15-20. Jesus said to his disciples: “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he […]
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