Category: Stories and Reflections
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They Won’t Let Me In!
It was a beautiful Sunday morning. People were filling the church to its full capacity! As they entered, each was given a bulletin filled with announcements, the topic of today’s sermon, the songs they would sing and…
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Footprints in the Sand
One night I had a dream. I dreamed that I was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand; one belonging to me and the other to the Lord.
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Three Red Marbles
During the waning years of the Great Depression of the 1930’s, in a small southeastern Kansas community, I used to stop by Mr Miller’s roadside stand for farm-fresh produce as the…
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Our Everyday Angels
In September 1960, I woke up one morning with six hungry babies and just 75 cents in my pocket. Their father was gone. The boys ranged from three months to seven years; their sister…
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God Said, “No”
I asked God to take away my pride, and God said, “No”. He said it was not for Him to take away, but for me to give up. I asked God to make my handicapped child whole, and God said, “No”. He said her spirit is whole, her body is only temporary…
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Controlling Your Fears
There is a legend which says that there was a mouse who was very afraid of cats. She wished she could become a cat, her wish came true and she turned into a cat. Then she saw a dog and became afraid again and wished she were a dog. Her wish was granted and…
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You Can’t Please Everyone
An old fable, that has been passed down for generations, tells about an elderly man who was travelling with a boy and a donkey. s they walked through a village, the man was leading the donkey and the boy was walking behind. The village-folk said the..
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The Fence And A Few Holes
There was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him, every time he lost his temper, to hammer a nail into the garden fence. The first day the…
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Hearing and Understanding
We can sometimes repeat the same thing over and over again, for months, even years and then, one day something amazing happens! It was Sunday and our Monsignor had just finished reading the Gospel. As usual, we all automatically sat down…