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Phoenix Minstrel's Reflection Pool: Do You Know What I Have Done For You?
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Phoenix Minstrel's Reflection Pool. Thursday, April 5, 2012. Do You Know What I Have Done For You? So when he had washed their feet. And put his garments back on and reclined at table again,. He said to them, 'Do you realize what I have done for you? You call me 'teacher' and 'master,' and rightly so, for indeed I am. If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet,. You ought to wash one another's feet. I have given you a model to follow,. John 13:12-15, NAB). View my complete profile.
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Phoenix Minstrel's Reflection Pool: August 2011
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Phoenix Minstrel's Reflection Pool. Wednesday, August 24, 2011. I recently ran across this somewhat 'viral' status update making its way through Facebook:. Can anyone tell me why it is so hard to pray, but easy to swear? Why clubs are growing and churches are shrinking? Why it is so hard to re-post a Christian status, but easy to post gossip? Why we can worship a celebrity, but not Jesus? I have no way to know. Others to copy it is not wrong. I have 'liked' or befriended several. Surely those organiz...
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Phoenix Minstrel's Reflection Pool: February 2012
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Phoenix Minstrel's Reflection Pool. Tuesday, February 28, 2012. It's been nearly four months since I last wrote anything, meaningful or otherwise. Of course, I have several reasons for not doing so. Holidays, increased workload, increased service workload, and the ubiquitous not knowing what to say have all rightly contributed. And even there, if your target audience has an extended friend or subscription base, your words are more than likely missed or overlooked. The second, taken from Matthew 6:7-15, i...
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Phoenix Minstrel's Reflection Pool: 'What you are going to do, do quickly'
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Phoenix Minstrel's Reflection Pool. Tuesday, April 3, 2012. What you are going to do, do quickly'. Tuesday of Holy Week. Reclining at table with his disciples, Jesus was deeply troubled and testified,. Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.". The disciples looked at one another, at a loss as to whom he meant. One of his disciples, the one whom Jesus loved,. Was reclining at Jesus' side. So Simon Peter nodded to him to find out whom he meant. Master, who is it? Son of Simon the Iscariot.
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Phoenix Minstrel's Reflection Pool: March 2011
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Phoenix Minstrel's Reflection Pool. Sunday, March 27, 2011. And Yet Another Passing. When William Shakespeare - whom, I am learning, is a distant ancestor of my wife's - wrote, "A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March" (Julius Caesar,. Act 1, scene 2, 19), he was setting up the backdrop for the Roman Emperor's assassination which took place on March 15, 44 BCE. It would seem in that particular setting, March that year was a rather busy and fateful month. Some Sort of 'Lude'. And I have to be caref...
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Phoenix Minstrel's Reflection Pool: April 2012
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Phoenix Minstrel's Reflection Pool. Saturday, April 7, 2012. Great Expectations and Their Realities. I've been subdued by the attempt to solemnly, somberly, and soberly (try saying that quickly three times) on the Great Mystery that is the passion and death of Jesus Christ. Thank you, my Lord and God, for opening wide all that you are. What more can be said; what gift, what honor, what blessing could possibly be greater? Link to which I posted on my Facebook page; son watched and my wife was subjected to...
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Phoenix Minstrel's Reflection Pool: April 2011
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Phoenix Minstrel's Reflection Pool. Monday, April 25, 2011. Easter Monday, 2011. The Feast of Saint Mark, Evangelist. Easter Monday is a full holiday in many parts of the world. Here in the USA it's back to work from the Good Friday and Easter celebrations, if you were fortunate not to have to work either or both days. (Yes, I'm sure there are many people who had to work both. These reminders. I once complained about what I saw as a lack of Catholic presence in modern media sources, but that has caug...
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Phoenix Minstrel's Reflection Pool: After All These Years
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Phoenix Minstrel's Reflection Pool. Tuesday, May 15, 2012. After All These Years. If I stumble or ramble a bit with this entry, I hope the reader will forgive me. There is reason for it. Eighteen years ago I embarked on a leg of my life's journey that has been and continues to be profound. I professed vows as a permanent deacon in the Catholic Church. Today, the horse is still patiently waiting. As long as I continue to show signs of progress, my faithful friend will continue to be patient and at my side...
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Phoenix Minstrel's Reflection Pool: June 2011
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Phoenix Minstrel's Reflection Pool. Sunday, June 12, 2011. Filled with the Holy Spirit. There's a fine line for both disciple and inquirer/observer when it comes to discerning how devout and genuine is one's walk in the Christian faith. On this day, considered to be the birthday of the Church, let us be thankful for this great gift of divine love. May we be moved to think more about the part of our being that is connected to the Divine; to receive anew and afresh the Holy Spirit of God. Let us be...
