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Smoldering Wick: Lenten Reading
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Meditations of a Northwoods Catholic. Tuesday, February 21, 2012. I am hoping to put up a series of Lenten posts again this year, but in the meantime - as I collect some ideas and eke out some extra writing time - I thought I would post links to some articles I'm reading. This first, from Fr. James Schall, S.J.,. Thus says the LORD:. Here is my servant whom I uphold,. My chosen one with whom I am pleased,. Upon whom I have put my spirit;. He shall bring forth justice to the nations,. Our Lady of the Lakes.
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Smoldering Wick: October 2011
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Meditations of a Northwoods Catholic. Thursday, October 13, 2011. Meditation on the Philippians Christ Hymn. After a lengthy summer hiatus from the Smoldering Wick I'm back with a slew of new posts to mete out over the coming months. This first one is a meditation that I gave a few weeks back to the youth at our parish, Our Lady of the Lakes in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin. It is fashioned after my favorite preacher, Fr. Robert Barron of the diocese of Chicago and Word On Fire Catholic Ministries. Sept 28, 2011.
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Smoldering Wick: February 2012
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Meditations of a Northwoods Catholic. Tuesday, February 21, 2012. I am hoping to put up a series of Lenten posts again this year, but in the meantime - as I collect some ideas and eke out some extra writing time - I thought I would post links to some articles I'm reading. This first, from Fr. James Schall, S.J.,. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Thus says the LORD:. Here is my servant whom I uphold,. My chosen one with whom I am pleased,. Upon whom I have put my spirit;. Not crying out, not shouting,.
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Smoldering Wick: Developing An Abiding Love for God's Law
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Meditations of a Northwoods Catholic. Monday, March 21, 2011. Developing An Abiding Love for God's Law. Happy those who do not follow the counsel of the wicked,. Nor go the way of sinners, nor sit in company with scoffers. Rather, the law of the LORD is their joy; God's law they study day and night. They are like a tree planted near streams of water, that yields its fruit in season;. Its leaves never wither; whatever they do prospers.”. With the pendulum ever swinging between these two extremes, Pope Joh...
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Smoldering Wick: Lenten Call to Conversion: Growing in Freedom
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Meditations of a Northwoods Catholic. Saturday, March 12, 2011. Lenten Call to Conversion: Growing in Freedom. In our previous meditation we concluded with some thoughts on conversion and freedom. It is to this subject that I would like to turn again here. In discussing conversion I used the image of turning over our souls to Christ. In conversion we seek to do more than simply run up a new flag; we seek to transform our ships into a different sort of thing altogether. Criterion. For Christian’...Surrend...
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Smoldering Wick: Meditation on St. Blase and Martyrdom
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Meditations of a Northwoods Catholic. Monday, February 7, 2011. Meditation on St. Blase and Martyrdom. Before we get to the blessings of throats though, I thought I would offer a few thoughts on the subject of martyrdom. Martyrdom is not a thought that we’re very comfortable with and it’s not a issue that we expect to have to deal with here in America. Rather, we conceive of martyrdom as something that went on in the early Church when Christianity was more controversial. In our zeal for union with God we...
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Smoldering Wick: February 2011
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Meditations of a Northwoods Catholic. Monday, February 7, 2011. Meditation on St. Blase and Martyrdom. Before we get to the blessings of throats though, I thought I would offer a few thoughts on the subject of martyrdom. Martyrdom is not a thought that we’re very comfortable with and it’s not a issue that we expect to have to deal with here in America. Rather, we conceive of martyrdom as something that went on in the early Church when Christianity was more controversial. In our zeal for union with God we...
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Smoldering Wick: Thanksgiving Meditation
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Meditations of a Northwoods Catholic. Thursday, November 17, 2011. 8220;As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem, he traveled through Samaria and Galilee. As he was entering a village, ten persons with leprosy met him. They stood at a distance from him and raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master! Have pity on us! Where are the other nine? Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God? 8221; Then he said to him, “Stand up and go; your faith has saved you.”. 2 And to whom. Answering the...
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Smoldering Wick: Smoldering Wick
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Meditations of a Northwoods Catholic. Wednesday, February 2, 2011. As to the name: I grew up in a United Methodist congregation but really had my first adult 'conversion' in college while attending Cement City Baptist and listening to the powerful preaching of Pastor Drew Woods. He was preaching through the book of Isaiah at that time and this passage greatly impressed me. Thus says the LORD:. Here is my servant whom I uphold,. My chosen one with whom I am pleased,. Upon whom I have put my spirit;. Medit...
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