tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.comments2024-01-16T15:31:14.738-05:00Br Jack's Preaching MinistryBr. Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04211488981588379232noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-32662162965349591952022-01-30T11:55:06.251-05:002022-01-30T11:55:06.251-05:00You Br. Jack, cautioned my teenaged self to be pat...You Br. Jack, cautioned my teenaged self to be patient with me and others. You also were the first person to ask me about my personal relationship to God, a totally novel concept to this good Catholic girl. I was blessed to meet you during your early ministry in Cold Spring, NY, and was delighted to read your post today. <br />Patience has provided lifelong challenges for me. After three kids and forty years as a teacher, I have developed much more patience. However, as a young person my Church did not support me, and church after church turned me away when I reached out through my adulthood. I found much more welcome and complete acceptance within other congregations. That is important to me in my spiritual life, and that is why my patience and work with the Catholic Church comes from without. BethKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03160422431661080810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-37195125273571216352021-01-25T22:59:22.249-05:002021-01-25T22:59:22.249-05:00One of the random gifts/acts I am grateful for is ...One of the random gifts/acts I am grateful for is the impulse to call someone who I have not conversed with in sometime. It’s a “ ghost of Christmas past” type of event...maybe more like Jacob Marley without to forewarning of bad things are to come if you do not change.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816475186248300534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-34627452881829256312020-10-04T17:26:21.447-04:002020-10-04T17:26:21.447-04:00����������Five birds were sitting on a telephone w...����������Five birds were sitting on a telephone wire and three of them decided to fly away... How many birds were left?Joe Whitemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11986089934816991507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-81648052492202544962016-07-09T17:51:07.102-04:002016-07-09T17:51:07.102-04:00Good post.Good post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-82828851727477661322016-06-14T15:50:14.679-04:002016-06-14T15:50:14.679-04:00compassionate -- yes ...
measured -- yes ...
... ...compassionate -- yes ...<br />measured -- yes ...<br /> ... and sadly cryptic. <br />No mention of the specific "difference" that made the victims targets ... the words gay and lesbian are not difficult to pronounce, only seemingly impossible to mention aloud in the ecclesiastical realm ... victims yet rendered invisible and mute ... in the service of what exactly?blazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08467694172689623460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-75859592030543332832016-05-10T11:23:00.760-04:002016-05-10T11:23:00.760-04:00My fraternity formation director threw the net and...My fraternity formation director threw the net and professed the blind, the quadriplegic, the schizophrenic, and all are signs of God's love.JoAnn LaGassehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122900148326917242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-62630618392971817692016-05-05T20:56:08.290-04:002016-05-05T20:56:08.290-04:00I am still so grateful for your blog. Read it mor...I am still so grateful for your blog. Read it more sporadically than I should, but it is so comforting knowing it is only a click away. Thank you so very much for keeping me connected to what is now becoming a distant memory of homilies/reflections I took for granted back in the day. You are the best and you have such a gift....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16884621357142276403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-84622112288485334312014-10-11T14:32:18.999-04:002014-10-11T14:32:18.999-04:00Wonderful post. Thanks so much for sharing.Wonderful post. Thanks so much for sharing.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12692170857496442623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-67268608848234380112014-06-05T21:38:48.191-04:002014-06-05T21:38:48.191-04:00The act of adultery is simply having sex with some...The act of adultery is simply having sex with someone other than your spouse. It is the breaking of a promise made at the onset on a marriage. An affair is the ongoing act of adultery over time; repeated sex with someone other than your spouse is defined as “having an affair”. <a href="http://stolenspouse.com" rel="nofollow">adultery nc</a> <br />Life is Beautifulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01213663328639545459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-78816418122148700202014-05-09T12:12:56.156-04:002014-05-09T12:12:56.156-04:00we may leave the "church" but the church...we may leave the "church" but the church never leaves us!Georgiana Keoghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128463542615910755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-72887371824235408132014-05-08T08:54:35.170-04:002014-05-08T08:54:35.170-04:00God blesing over you in long time to preaching t...God blesing over you in long time to preaching the word in power of God and be blessing and salvtion to those who is linsnering and take the message into hearts with joy and in wisdom with growing and be great man and woman of God for his glory ,thanks and bles,keijo swedenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-25031714531434553192014-02-26T18:51:01.350-05:002014-02-26T18:51:01.350-05:00Very good post. Thank you so much for sharing.Very good post. Thank you so much for sharing.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12692170857496442623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-12025515495843672502013-12-29T06:54:02.382-05:002013-12-29T06:54:02.382-05:00Jack:
Nice job today, quick and to the point for...Jack:<br /><br /> Nice job today, quick and to the point for someone weary with the holidays ! Thanks,Frank kelley<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17399458526740373957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-36340690097475754512013-12-15T13:16:34.889-05:002013-12-15T13:16:34.889-05:00Every time I listen to a news cast or pick up a ne...Every time I listen to a news cast or pick up a newspaper and read about the shenanigans going on in Washington in both the senate and the congress. Subterfuge and deceitful, self-serving activities (be they personally self-serving or politically self-serving) need to be challenged. We need to question and react to the games so often played in phony agendas. Only then will we remain a country equal for all. Georgiana Keoghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128463542615910755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-54346717069987180342013-09-01T06:53:55.016-04:002013-09-01T06:53:55.016-04:00Hi Jack
Nicely done this day, Thanks very much,
...Hi Jack<br /><br />Nicely done this day, Thanks very much,<br />hope you are well, <br />Keep in touch,<br /><br /> Frank<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17399458526740373957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-11683534401470245272013-08-21T11:04:02.761-04:002013-08-21T11:04:02.761-04:00Lately I have been thinking of the relationship be...Lately I have been thinking of the relationship between ministry and discipleship. I think that what I am most grateful for is the intertwining of the two in my life...Ministry is teaching me what it means to be a disciple. And I am learning mostly from others who are true disciples and are in love with ministry. They are showing me that serving the work serves the people and brings us all to encounters with Christ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-8382499980920868162013-08-14T12:10:00.402-04:002013-08-14T12:10:00.402-04:00She is my favorite ... My birthday is on August 11...She is my favorite ... My birthday is on August 11th and I grew up all my life thinking it was August 15th. It was my mom's way of honoring Mary to say she had a child born on Assummption Day and she believed Mary would guide and direct me in a special way.Georgiana Keoghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128463542615910755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-60996184274993395732013-08-04T11:30:28.933-04:002013-08-04T11:30:28.933-04:00When I realize I'm "in over my head"...When I realize I'm "in over my head" and need help from someone or something more knowledgeable than me ... when I recognize that the need for compassion never takes a rest --Georgiana Keoghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128463542615910755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-1280481752320431852013-07-01T15:26:39.071-04:002013-07-01T15:26:39.071-04:00I don't disagree, Georgiana. We must acknowled...I don't disagree, Georgiana. We must acknowledge the abuse of power, and if it continues we have a responsibility to speak or leave. My concern is for those who leave the church and the Gospel. The Good News is still good even when the leaders of the community are sinners.Br. Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04211488981588379232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-2653770632089452672013-06-29T12:47:20.372-04:002013-06-29T12:47:20.372-04:00..."we must let go of our personal agendas, o......"we must let go of our personal agendas, our shame and anger, and live the Gospel with passion and integrity."<br /><br />And is it not possible to live the Gospel with passion and integrity and <br />turn away from a "community of faith (Church)"? Not to do so might be cowardly and self-serving for those of us who are so very offended by the hypocrisy and shameful in its subterfuge and hierarch?y How can we not be tainted by such deliberate and self-serving actions?Georgiana Keoghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128463542615910755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-29445932531921538152013-06-19T23:38:37.909-04:002013-06-19T23:38:37.909-04:00I think He would teach me patience and ask me to c...I think He would teach me patience and ask me to create more time and be more quiet to listen to His response. In a world of Google and an 'app for that,' I have a hard time unplugging and slowing down. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-51300389915766323222013-06-04T16:43:43.811-04:002013-06-04T16:43:43.811-04:00A PLEA FOR HELP AND ANSWERS
My beloved Catholic C...A PLEA FOR HELP AND ANSWERS<br /><br />My beloved Catholic Church is broken and I don’t know how to fix, And in that brokenness I’ve lost my treasured “Faith,”<br /><br />Is it wisdom, frustration, or simple acceptance and common sense? My God -given drive to make this world a better place has nestled deep in my soul for as long as I can remember. It has picked me up when I’ve fallen and lifted me up when needed. A strong faith and commitment to my Catholic church has been cocooned deep in my psyche ready to spring forth as needed. It was nothing I searched for or wrestled with. It’s was as natural to me as taking a breath. I can’t see it, describe it, smell it, or touch it … or even understand it. Nor does it surprise or intimidate me. It simply is there. It’s flow was as steady and natural as the water in a country stream skipping downhill and sliding over glistening bedrocks. It’s strength was as powerful as the pounding of the ocean surf and its presence as warm and bright as the morning sun. <br />Its disappearance has been shocking and devastatingly sad.<br /><br />Why after 80 plus years of being wrapped in its loving embrace have I lost my passion? There must be a way to find it again so these many years have not been for naught. Notwithstanding physical limitations wrought by advanced age, I no longer feel the drive. I’ve lost not only my faith but also my hope. I can no longer accept those clouded and misleading dictates spewing forth from the Vatican. They speak in tongues when they tell us they are shocked and appalled by the deviant behavior of so many Princes of the Church. They cannot be speaking for an Almighty, all loving and all powerful God. Their God is not my God . I’m repulsed by the silence and self-serving coverups perpetrated by those “holy men” who are supposed to guide and direct the faithful. For years I believed they were “special.” Because of that belief and for those I couldn’t understand or justify, I blindly followed under the guise of “faith” , <br /><br />I now ask my God for forgiveness. Every one of us must speak out and question such weakness in human men and woman. The offenses have been so egregious, deliberate and common that we must reject the course that allows such acts to be buried in secrecy. We need to protect not only the victims but the perpetrators as well. The Church worked hard to keep the scandal under cover. I wholeheartedly reject that as cowardly and certainly self-serving for those who allowed them to continue after discovery. These offenses and the lack of acknowledgement has crept so far under my skin that I must disassociate myself from the fallen organization. The horror of man to man and nature to man must always continue to shock us. Ruwanda, the Sudan, Haiti, Malawi, 125th Street and the South Bronx, Hurricane Sandy, Katrina and Seaside Heights, violent tornadoes and flooding - all must have an explanation? Where was He in Sandy Hook? Where was the merciful God behind the Tsumami. And so many more horrors near and far that we never see or hear about. Why is there no outcry over the injustice of the church’s treatment of homosexuals. Are they not God’s children as well. How do these hallowed men of the church get to decide who can love whom? Why were not His loving arms there to embrace the young Indian girl who was stoned to death before crowds of cheering people because she chose to love a man of her choice. And those sweet innocents in Newtown who had no place to hide … no safe haven … no soothing arms to hold their shaking bodies. <br /><br />I seem to have lost my energy and my resolve. I’m pleading with and begging my God to awaken my heart and soul once again. I’m confident that He hears me but am not hearing his answers. I’m trying to believe He’s speaking to me through friends and families but I’m either not listening or He’s speaking too softly for me to hear.<br /><br />I’m trying to believe that calmness is one way to heal and to be patient with my faith in God. I’m trying but that doesn’t seem to be working.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-27001031116047751742013-04-17T11:01:51.348-04:002013-04-17T11:01:51.348-04:00I find it difficult at all times, because I strugg...I find it difficult at all times, because I struggle a lot with my own faith and serious questions on some of the tenets of Catholicism and collective Christianity. I'm trying very hard to turn this into prayer and ask God how I can live the Gospel more in my life despite my own agnosticism and sin.<br /><br />A positive story I wanted to share about sharing faith from yesterday. I was picking up my 8yo daughter from afterschool care when I asked her to please hurry her craft project she was doing with friends because we had to get to the 6:30 church retreat and had to stop home first! Her young friend, similar in age, said "I wish I could go to church and oh, that's why she knows so much about church and God." <br /><br />Curious about this comment, I asked about it prior to service, as we sat in the pews. "Your friend mentioned she wished she could go to church - does she go to church with her family? What did you guys talk about?" <br /><br />She replied, "I told her about the true meaning of Easter - it wasn't just about the Easter Bunny, the candy and all that stuff. It was about God fighting death and rising after 3 days. If He didn't do that, we wouldn't have a way to get into Heaven." <br /><br />If only, I could have that child-like faith again. Confident, sure, and unafraid to spread the Good News.Susanhttps://twitter.com/SusanPiercenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-39484253634116823432013-03-22T09:28:31.958-04:002013-03-22T09:28:31.958-04:00see my posting: obedience resulting in righteousne...see my posting: obedience resulting in righteousness sept, 14,2012Steve Finnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863026367048527526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052476017538907463.post-12283631711801427742013-03-13T12:17:52.582-04:002013-03-13T12:17:52.582-04:00Br. Jack,
This verse in Isaiah has always been a...Br. Jack, <br /><br />This verse in Isaiah has always been a great consolation to me because it is validating. He acknowledges that sometimes "even" a mother's love fails. He assures me that even those who struggle with the iconic images of motherhood are not forgotten by God. Sometimes I feel forgotten by the people around me who have no trouble acknowledging that some folks struggle with father-imagery, but make no exceptions when it comes to mother-imagery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com