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		<title>The God with Feathers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 10:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sr. Catherine Cleary, OSB A small child was asked in catechism class to say who the Holy Spirit was. She answered, &#8220;You mean the God with feathers?&#8221; Well &#8230; yes! This God with feathers was hard to comprehend as children. Images of flame and wind complicated the picture. As adults, we have a better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Always a Learner &#8230; Even as a Teacher</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Road to Eternal Life by Michael Casey, OSB, is filled with gems. One line that struck me today is, “Monastic life, spiritual life is all about becoming a learner, a disciple.” Read preschool teacher Sister Stefanie&#8217;s reflection on being a life-long spiritual learner!]]></description>
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		<title>The Evolution of a Benedictine Sister&#8217;s Ministry</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Working to eliminate the death penalty, no matter what the crime Race relations in the south were still poor and sometimes dangerous back in the 1970&#8242;s.  Black residents were often targets of police harassment. They might be stopped for driving. They might be frisked for walking down the street. They might be jailed for &#8230; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Prayer for Calming Teachers and Preschoolers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday last week was one of those days where you want to go home, go back to bed and start over. (I sometime think if we could get a free restarts in life it would be great. Then again, maybe not – it might end up being a rewind of what just happened. ) Read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Something Different, Do Something New</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[using scripture in discernment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sister Catherine Cleary, OSB lst Reading Acts 6:8-15; 2nd Reading Rev 5:11-14; Gospel John 21:1-19 The Gospel for the 3rd Sunday of Easter is wonderful, all of it. But let&#8217;s focus on one line in particular. The disciples had spent the whole night fishing, to no avail. At dawn they saw a man standing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are you being asked to do?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sister Catherine Cleary, OSB While Sunday&#8217;s gospel (John 20: 19-29) is often known as the &#8220;Doubting Thomas&#8221; gospel, John, it seems to me, places emphasis on the words, &#8220;Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you. &#8230; He breathed on them and said, Receive the Holy Spirit.&#8221; These [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This is the Day the Lord has Made!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 10:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sister Catherine Cleary, OSB This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice in it and be glad.(Psalm 118:12) lst Reading Acts of the Apostles 10:34a, 37-43;  Col 3:1-4; John 20:1-9. As I walked over to my office last week, I saw yellow crocuses and spiked green leaves heralding irises and tulips [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holy Week: Journey of Our Hearts</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction by Sister Susan Hutchens, OSB From the 1st Sunday of Lent to Holy Thursday, we are asked to recall the life and words of Jesus.  Now we walk his last part of the journey.  We do not celebrate this week merely to “re-live” the mysteries of the Passion.  We celebrate only because we know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Live &#8230; and Die: Palm Sunday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sister Catherine Cleary, OSB Is 50:4-7;  Phil 2:6-11;  Lk 22:1 -49 As a child, Palm Sunday was different and special, and not only because Easter was only a week away and our fasts from candy would end soon! In our family, after church, we always spent some of the afternoon braiding palms and putting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recognizing God&#8217;s Gifts on the 5th Sunday of Lent</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Lent]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sister Catherine Cleary, OSB lst reading Is 43:P16-21; 2nd reading Phil 3:8-14; Gospel  John 8:1-11 All 3 readings for today&#8217;s Eucharist are filled with reminders of God&#8217;s goodness and love for us. In the first reading we hear, &#8220;See, I am doing something new …  Now it springs forth, do you not perceive? I [...]]]></description>
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