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Sense of Urgency
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/100125.cfm I have often remarked to people about the sense of urgency amongst the early Christian...

Gary Fritsch
Sep 30, 20251 min read


Fire and Brimstone
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/093025.cfm As I sat down to write this reflection this morning, I was confronted with ongoing...

Gary Fritsch
Sep 29, 20252 min read


When no one is watching
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092925.cfm C.S. Lewis nailed it in terms of what integrity looks like - it is doing the right...

Gary Fritsch
Sep 29, 20252 min read


Mood swings
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092625.cfm This is one of the passages in the New Testament that forces me to consider what it...

Gary Fritsch
Sep 25, 20252 min read


Beyond celebrity
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092525.cfm Photo by Bibi on Unsplash In today's Gospel, we get an interesting glimpse into the...

Gary Fritsch
Sep 24, 20252 min read


I've got the power
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092425.cfm I probably enjoy Jim Carey movies too much, but in the classic Bruce Almighty,...

Gary Fritsch
Sep 24, 20252 min read


My brother...
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092325.cfm When we have those great close friends who seem so much like us that they are...

Gary Fritsch
Sep 22, 20251 min read


We didn't start the fire
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092225.cfm A little homage to Billy Joel and his great rock 'n' roll history lesson, but it rings...

Gary Fritsch
Sep 22, 20252 min read


Shhh...its a secret
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092025.cfm Photo by Balint Mendlik on Unsplash Today’s Gospel is part of what scripture scholars...

Gary Fritsch
Sep 19, 20253 min read


How He loves
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/0091825.cfm There is a phrase in the John's Gospel, right before Jesus raises Lazarus from the...

Gary Fritsch
Sep 17, 20252 min read


Just no pleasin'
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091725.cfm Photo by Ladislav Stercell on Unsplash I think perhaps we encounter it most often with...

Gary Fritsch
Sep 16, 20252 min read


Plot twist
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091625.cfm If you have ever checked out micro photography, you know that if we zoom in enough, it...

Gary Fritsch
Sep 15, 20252 min read


Joy Always
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091525.cfm Probably nine years ago, inspired by the great saints and most significantly our...

Gary Fritsch
Sep 14, 20252 min read


What tree is that?
Photo by Emmalee Couturier on Unsplash https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091325.cfm Some trees we can easily recognize because of...

Gary Fritsch
Sep 13, 20252 min read


Something in my teeth
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091225.cfm I sometimes enjoy a stupid comedy, and I don't think there are many more stupid than...

Gary Fritsch
Sep 10, 20252 min read


Pay Back
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091125.cfm Photo by Matt Collamer on Unsplash As a society, it seems as though we have become...

Gary Fritsch
Sep 10, 20253 min read


Blessed Assurance
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091025.cfm Photo by Jason Grant on Unsplash In today's world of professional athletes, we often...

Gary Fritsch
Sep 9, 20253 min read


Real...power
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/090925.cfm Photo by Katherine Hanlon on Unsplash It is so easy for us to ho-hum our way through...

Gary Fritsch
Sep 8, 20252 min read


If you will it
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/090825.cfm I have wondered many times how much effort it took Matthew (and also later, Luke) to...

Gary Fritsch
Sep 7, 20253 min read


Fermenting
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/090525.cfm A number of years ago, I was leading a series called Jesus Christ, King of the Jews,...

Gary Fritsch
Sep 5, 20253 min read
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