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2024-12-14T19:08:37-04:00

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All is Bright

Last updated on: December 14, 2024 at 7:08 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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Winter is a bleak time, but did you know it’s also lavish? We are one week out from the darkest time of year, but it’s been so wonderfully bright. On Thursday, I went out to the mineral spring, where I often go to pray, and the sun was not only brilliant overhead but also brilliant on all sides where the light caught the snow. It was brilliant all the way uphill, where the leafless trees didn’t filter out any... Read more

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And the Spirit will Overshadow

Last updated on: December 13, 2024 at 12:06 am By Mary Pezzulo

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A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke: The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, “Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.” But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. Then the angel said... Read more

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2024-12-12T00:50:43-04:00

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O Precious the Snow

Last updated on: December 12, 2024 at 12:50 am By Mary Pezzulo

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Winter is not astronomical, as many have observed before me. It’s not to do with the sun disappearing and coming back. Winter is meteorological. It isn’t winter until we get a good snow. Last year it was barely winter at all: we didn’t get a proper snow until January. This year, we’ve so far had a reprieve from the relentless lukewarm gray of the warming climate. Last week there was ice, and today it snowed. It started as I was... Read more

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2024-12-11T00:06:00-04:00

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To Prepare the Way of the Lord

Last updated on: December 11, 2024 at 12:06 am By Mary Pezzulo

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A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke: In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the desert. John went throughout the whole region of the... Read more

2024-12-08T01:36:47-04:00

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Theophany at Jefferson Lake

Last updated on: December 8, 2024 at 1:36 am By Mary Pezzulo

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I went down to Jefferson Lake, to see the ice. We’ve had two very warm winters in a row– worrying winters, winters so mild the maple sap didn’t flow in February the way maple is supposed to. Winters that make you remember that the world is burning to death. But this year, just after Thanksgiving, it got cold and stayed cold for a week. There was rain and blowing snow, not enough snow to make the world beautifully clean,... Read more

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Thoughts On the Killing of Brian Thompson

Last updated on: December 5, 2024 at 5:16 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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Killing is wrong. There can be no question about that. Killing is sin. It’s a grave sin to directly kill someone and in the best circumstances it’s also a crime; I think most of us can agree to that principle, whether we’re Catholic or not. A just society would be one that assessed a grave penalty for every form of killing, and also gave people every opportunity to make their living and do all they had to do without ever... Read more

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2024-12-02T21:13:36-04:00

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Your Redemption is at Hand

Last updated on: December 2, 2024 at 9:13 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke: Jesus said to his disciples: “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on earth nations will be in dismay, perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves. People will die of fright in anticipation of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud... Read more

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2024-11-29T16:28:21-04:00

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The Good You Can Do

Last updated on: November 29, 2024 at 4:28 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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The phone was buzzing when I woke up. It was a notification that a friend from across the country had heard the sad story of the Baker Street Irregulars and sent me thirty dollars in the Venmo– nothing like enough to solve the crisis, just enough that the poor woman could buy lunch and perhaps a change of underwear. I went downstairs for the Thanksgiving holiday. Adrienne and I bantered and laughed as we watched the Macy’s parade. We... Read more

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2024-11-27T20:26:13-04:00

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On a Helpless Day

Last updated on: November 27, 2024 at 8:26 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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On Monday morning, I took the Lady of LaBelle to get her weekly food box at the pantry downtown. The Lady of LaBelle, you might recall, is the grandmother and matriarch of an army of children and grandchildren who live with her in a rental on the corner, the ones I call the Baker Street Irregulars. She calls half the people on the block her nieces and nephews because it’s easier than explaining who’s a blood relative and who’s... Read more

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2024-11-25T01:16:22-04:00

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You Say I Am A King

Last updated on: November 25, 2024 at 1:16 am By Mary Pezzulo

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A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John: Pilate said to Jesus, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus answered, “Do you say this on your own or have others told you about me?” Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?” Jesus answered, “My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my... Read more

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