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SURELY, IT IS I LORD
SPY WEDNESDAY It is the last day of Lent. Tomorrow we will enter a new liturgical season, the shortest of the year, the Triduum. We have...
Sarah Beth Dippel
Mar 31, 20212 min read
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FRIENDS OF CHRIST
HOLY MONDAY Holy Week is here. This Lent seems inordinately short, and yet, at the same time, it feels like we've been in "Lent" for a...
Sarah Beth Dippel
Mar 29, 20212 min read
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FOUR DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!
MONDAY OF THE FOURTH WEEK OF ADVENT Since Thanksgiving, I've been praying with a quote that I found meaningful. No, not just meaningful,...
Sarah Beth Dippel
Dec 21, 20203 min read
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CAN YOU SEE HIS WONDERFUL WORKS?
WEDNESDAY OF THIRTY-FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME As I read today's first reading from the Book of Revelation, I felt the calm and peace...
Sarah Beth Dippel
Nov 25, 20202 min read
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DO NOT FEAR. HE BRINGS PEACE & JOY.
THURSDAY OF THE THIRTY-THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Reading today's Gospel, Luke 19:41-44, I cringe at Jesus weeping. You see, when Jesus...
Sarah Beth Dippel
Nov 19, 20202 min read
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GLORIFYING THE LORD IN A PANDEMIC
MONDAY OF THE THIRTY-THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Is it Christmas yet? Yesterday, I cooked sticky toffee pudding and mama's holiday...
Sarah Beth Dippel
Nov 16, 20202 min read
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THE LORD CALLS US TO COMMUNITY
TUESDAY OF THE TWENTY-NINTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Reading today's Gospel from St. Luke, this line strikes me: "ready to open immediately...
Sarah Beth Dippel
Oct 20, 20202 min read
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PUP-LIKE TRUST IN THE LORD
MEMORIAL OF ST. THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS Last night before I climbed into my bed, I laid down with my dog, Addie, on her bed for some...
Sarah Beth Dippel
Oct 1, 20202 min read
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HOW DO WE DEAL WITH CONFLICT?
THE FEAST OF ST. MATTHEW During this morning's Daily Mass, Father posed this question while preaching the homily: "How do we deal with...
Sarah Beth Dippel
Sep 21, 20202 min read
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WHEN IT ALL SEEMS TO MUCH, LOVE WINS
MEMORIAL OF SAINTS CORNELIUS, POPE, AND CYPRIAN, BISHOP, MARTYRS It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all...
Sarah Beth Dippel
Sep 16, 20202 min read
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HE DELIGHTS IN US
TUESDAY OF THE SIXTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME The readings from the Book of Micah have been so beautiful these last few days. I hope you...
Sarah Beth Dippel
Jul 21, 20202 min read
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FINDING YOUR AUTHENTIC SELF
WEDNESDAY OF THE FOURTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME As you go, make this proclamation: 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' (Matthew 10:7)...
Sarah Beth Dippel
Jul 8, 20202 min read
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FINDING TRUE FREEDOM
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Independence Day weekend. All weekend we have been celebrating our freedom. Many of the usual...
Sarah Beth Dippel
Jul 5, 20202 min read
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CHANGE OF PLANS
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME It is pouring rain here today. That is unusual for Jackson; we are more likely to have a quick passing...
Sarah Beth Dippel
Jun 28, 20202 min read
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I SEE HIM IN YOU
THURSDAY OF THE TWELFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME "I never knew you." Climbing up and up and up, Snow King Mountain this morning. I could not...
Sarah Beth Dippel
Jun 25, 20202 min read
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THE GRIT OF LIFE
SOLEMNITY OF THE NATIVITY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST It has been another morning where more things went wrong than right: a different one of our...
Sarah Beth Dippel
Jun 24, 20202 min read
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THE ENDLESS TO-DO LIST
TUESDAY OF THE TWELFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME The Gospel of St. Matthew is filled with beauty. As we continue in chapter seven, today's...
Sarah Beth Dippel
Jun 23, 20202 min read
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ONLY GOD KNOWS
MONDAY OF THE TWELFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Whew. Today is that Gospel. You know the one, remove the wooden beam in your eye first. Why...
Sarah Beth Dippel
Jun 22, 20202 min read
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FEAR OF THE LORD
TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Speak in the Light. Proclaim on the Housetops. In our world today, it seems to me that fear and anxiety...
Sarah Beth Dippel
Jun 21, 20202 min read
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CALLING HIM OUR FATHER
THURSDAY OF THE ELEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME In today's Gospel passage, Jesus teaches us to pray the Our Father. As one of the basic...
Sarah Beth Dippel
Jun 18, 20201 min read
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