Ordinary Time – Season of Stability Familiarity breeds contempt–maybe so. But it also breeds contentment, a sense of stability and security. In a rapidly changing world, a world threatened with violence and terrorism, it’s nice to have some things, some people, some beliefs, that you can hold on to and count on. Friends, family members, […]
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Ordinary Time – Season of Stability So often we equate the dark times of our lives to times of crisis and loss. I don’t know about that. Sometimes the truly dark times are the times when life just goes on, day by day, in a routine fashion. You feel stuck, stagnant, like water in a […]
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Ordinary Time – Season of Stability Some people love living in a whirlwind. You never know what’s going to happen next. If there isn’t a crisis to deal with at that moment they will go out and create one. They have difficulty accepting and enjoying the quiet times in their lives when everything is running […]
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Ordinary Time – Season of Stability Married life isn’t lived just on the peaks, the happy moments of celebration, nor is it just for the valley times to support each other through times of sorrow and loss. A good deal of married life is spent on the plateau of day to day living, bearing with […]
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Easter – Season of new life! Newness everywhere . . . changes, opportunities, answers to prayers . . . She has a new job, a new home, a new community, a baby on the way . . . Hold it! Overload! Is this too much of a good thing? Where does she find stability amidst […]
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What is so ordinary about Ordinary Time? An ordinary day? Is there ever truly such a thing? Each moment of each day is fraught with so much potential and yet we fritter away those moments, unaware of all that surrounds us. There is nothing that is ordinary in God’s eye. All of creation is touched […]
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