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Oct 19, 20232 min read
Deacon's Corner 10/22/2023
Why can’t non-Catholics receive the Eucharist? The simple reason is this. The Church teaches that to partake of communion in any...
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ssinkovitz3
Oct 6, 20232 min read
Deacon's Corner 10/8/2023
On Saturday, October 14th , our Knights of Columbus Council is sponsoring a rosary rally as part of a worldwide celebration of the...
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ssinkovitz3
Sep 19, 20232 min read
Deacon's Corner 9/24/2023
Kimberly and I are back now after being gone for most of the summer. For the first time since we met 50 years ago, we enjoyed a summer...
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ssinkovitz3
Sep 6, 20232 min read
Deacon's Corner 9/10/2023
Two weeks ago, I talked about the Dignity of Work and Rights of Workers as the 7th of 9 components of Catholic Social Teaching. So, what...
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ssinkovitz3
Aug 23, 20232 min read
Deacon's Corner 8 27 2023
Did you know that the social mission of the Catholic Church is founded in our understanding of human life and dignity? Every human being...
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ssinkovitz3
Aug 16, 20233 min read
Deacon's Corner 8 20 2023
Do our pets go to heaven when they die? There are good arguments for both “yes” and “no”. Although much has been written on this topic,...
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ssinkovitz3
Aug 9, 20232 min read
Deacon's Corner 8/13/2023
Two weeks ago, Kimberly and I were at a campground in the Smoky Mountains. The park was nestled in a small valley about 500 feet below...
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ssinkovitz3
Aug 2, 20232 min read
8/6/2023 Deacon's Corner
Genuflecting and bowing. What is the difference and when do we do it? Simply put, these are gestures of greeting and respect as we see...
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ssinkovitz3
Jul 25, 20232 min read
7/30/2023
Have you ever wondered why we bring forward the bread, wine, and collection money at Mass? Essentially, we are doing what the early...
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ssinkovitz3
Jul 13, 20232 min read
7/9/2023
A friend asked me “why does the priest break off a small piece of his host and place it in the cup just before receiving communion?” ...
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ssinkovitz3
Jun 28, 20232 min read
7/9/2023
As a cradle Catholic who still remembers what it was like before Vatican II, I found it hard to pray from the heart when I was first...
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ssinkovitz3
Jun 27, 20232 min read
7/2/2023
Last week I wrote about spending quiet time with Jesus in Eucharistic Adoration – a 1700 year old tradition of our Catholic faith. This...
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ssinkovitz3
Jun 24, 20232 min read
6/25/2023
If you are like me, prayer can be hard. Hard to find the time. Hard to find the words. Hard to keep my mind from wandering. Hard to...
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ssinkovitz3
Jun 14, 20232 min read
6/18/2023
A week ago, Kimberly and I went to our place up north to hide from the world. We enjoyed perfect Northern Michigan summer weather – warm...
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ssinkovitz3
Jun 2, 20232 min read
6/4/2023
In our 2nd reading today, St. Paul tells the Christians in Corinth “mend your ways, encourage one another, agree with one another, live...
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ssinkovitz3
May 18, 20232 min read
5/21/2023
Saying ‘goodbye’ is never easy. Before my son, Justin, left for his 4th deployment with the Marines, he sat down with his two and a half...
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ssinkovitz3
May 4, 20232 min read
Deacon's Corner 5/7/2023
We hear in the 1st reading from Acts Chapter 6 how the early church was having a logistics problem. This occurred sometime within the...
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ssinkovitz3
Apr 19, 20232 min read
4/23/2023
I saw a bumper sticker last week that read “I love Jesus, too. But I still cuss a little.” Although I found humor in it at first, I got...
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ssinkovitz3
Apr 12, 20232 min read
4/16/2023
Holy Week is over. We prayed together on Palm Sunday, at weekday Masses and Adoration, on Holy Thursday for the Mass of the Last Supper,...
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ssinkovitz3
Apr 5, 20232 min read
4/9/2023
HAPPY EASTER! We made it! Lent is over and it is Spring! But, just what are we celebrating today? What is Easter all about? If Easter had...
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