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David’s Lamentation

| February 1, 2012

Today’s first reading recalls David’s grief at the death of his son Absalom. This song has always struck me as capturing the king’s sorrow very well.

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Naming the Child

| December 29, 2009

Yesterday’s feast of the Holy Innocents still has me reflecting upon those parents who have lost a child, either through accidents, sickness or miscarriage. This past year I happened upon a website called, Naming the Child. I learned of it from Molly Sabourin in a letter to her daughter Lucy she composed and shared through [...]

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Holy Innocents

| December 28, 2009

Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceeding angry; and sending killed all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying: A voice [...]

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Lux Aeterna

| June 20, 2009

Please keep in your prayers the Feist family who last night suffered the loss of two of its members, Nancy and Peter. Nancy was due to give birth to her sixth child, Peter, in September. Last night she collapsed and doctors were unable to save her or Peter. Dave and Nancy and their family have [...]

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Stations of the Cross

| February 27, 2009

This evening at St. Thomas we did something new when we gathered to pray the stations of the cross. There is a long tradition of coming together on the Fridays of Lent to pray these traditional prayers, but tonight we added something new. I began our prayer this evening by reminding those gathered that we [...]

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By Way of Sorrow

| November 6, 2008

The past few months have found me confronted again and again by the face of sorrow and grief. This past Monday once again highlighted this reality for me as I celebrated the funeral of a woman who passed away last week as well as our parish commemoration of the Feast of All Souls. On Monday [...]

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