Holy Week and the mandate of Salvation 03/30/2012
 Holy Week: the most solemn week in the Church's calendar. It begins with Palm Sunday, celebrating Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem and by the end of the week he would be a dead man. Talk about a startling turn of events....
Add Comment Crossroads: the Soul of America 03/02/2012
 At a Crossroad CNN featured an article by Paul Moses on Tuesday 14th February 2012, with a headline “Can U.S. bishops regain their clout?” It focused on the role of the USCCB in standing up in opposition to the attempts by the Obama Administration to mandate that religious institutions provide coverage for abortion and contraception to their employees...
 Merry Christmas! Two of the most beautiful words ever put together, conveying the joy of the birth of the Savior-Servant-King. Two words announcing the celebration of God's eternal Love for his creation and especially sinful man.....
Do you have HWS? 08/05/2011
 I can't believe so much time has passed since my last entry. Busy, busy, busy: Work, church, family (not in any particular order) that time seems a blur. Summer seemed to just have started and now it's back-to-school ads on TV.
It looks like I have a case of HWS... You're Always Welcome Home 04/21/2011
 My daughter called last night and gave us good news about her grades of which I'm naturally very proud, but she gave other good news for which truly excited me: She was coming home for Easter! Now the daughter of this doting Dad lives in the Orlando area, not that far away yet still too far...
 I can't believe it's April already! How time flies and how things change. On Feb 7th the company I work for changed ownership and I did not know if I would still have a job...
Keeping it 'real' in the Digital World 02/01/2011
 On 1/24/2011 Pope Benedict delivered his message for World Communications Day entitled 'Truth, Proclamation and Authenticity of Life in the Digital Age'. I've found that His Holiness' message resonated well with the thoughts of my previous blog 'Friend, Unfriend, Refriend' written exactly one week earlier.
Pope Benedict was using this year's WCD as an opportunity to address issues of humanity in the realm of technology and in patricular "the emergence of the internet as a network for communication"... Friend, Unfriend, Refriend 01/17/2011
 I was at a red light recently and because I had nothing better to do I looked at the cars going across and wow 7 out of 11 drivers were on their cell-phones; that's 64%, a significant majority in my unscientific study but we all know that we live in a communication age. Satellites, cellphones and the internet keep us instantly connected to the world as never before. So if we are connecting and communicating as never before then why are we having so many problems relating?..
Excita, Domine, potentiam tuam, et veni (Awaken your power, Lord, and come) - My wish for 2011 12/29/2010
 Sometime back in 2002 I was was trying to discern the call I felt to the diaconate, when the first wave of the clergy sex abuse scandal tsunami broke here in the U.S. I recall so many emotions: sympathy, sadness, hurt, shame and anger among many. I remember going to my then (and still) spiritual director and telling him that I'm so angry that I don't know if I wanted to be associated with 'them', meaning 'clergy'...
Go tell it on the mountain! 12/23/2010
 " Would you bless the table for us?"
It was a reasonable request I thought, then came the second part of the request: "can you make it non-denominational?" This was at our office Christmas lunch. Or was it 'Holidays Lunch'? I'll have to recheck the invitation, everything and everyone is so PC these days... | 
Hi, welcome to my weekly blog. I'm deacon Michel and I love blogging and the healthy exchange of constructive ideas. Now my mind has been known to wander on a million different things all at once so don't be surprised at what you find here. I often scratch my head and go 'Huh?' at my own thoughts. Feel free to leave a comment and share your thoughts with me.
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