Mark Saucier
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In Luke, Gabriel appears to Mary and announces that she will give birth to one who will be called “Son of God.”
Flummoxed by the news, she probably didn’t recall that …
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By Mark Saucier
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8/29/24
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It was one of those early August days — hot and dry, plants drooping under their thermal load, and the ground thirsting for the rain that wouldn’t come.
I was out front, watering …
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By Mark Saucier
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8/16/24
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“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” Shakespeare’s sonnet asks.
“It all depends,” I insist.
Does he mean a summer day of kids’ play, beach …
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By Mark Saucier
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8/2/24
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“There is your brother, naked and crying. And you stand confused over the choice of an attractive floor covering.”
It sounds like the guilt-riding rant of an activist. In fact, the …
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By Mark Saucier
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7/22/24
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A quick recap.
Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum, where he was met by Jairus. This synagogue leader begged Jesus to cure his dying daughter.
In the pressing crowd, a woman …
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By Mark Saucier
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7/6/24
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I wish I knew her better.
She was a peripheral friend — a fellow parishioner, someone I’d always say hello to, but never really got beyond the surface.
Perhaps if I had known …
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By Mark Saucier
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6/21/24
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“How you travel is where you arrive.”
I found that little aphorism in some of my notes. There was no clue where it came from. Google didn’t even know.
I thought it was …
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By Mark Saucier
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6/10/24
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At first, I thought that it was someone out for a walk, but the hill was long and the rise steep, so unless they were in training, they could have picked an easier route.
As I drove closer, I …
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By Mark Saucier
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5/22/24
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Ann Reeves Jarvis was just another woman in the mountains of West Virginia in the 1800s.
She was a mother, homemaker and Sunday school teacher.
She was also an activist, organizing …
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By Mark Saucier
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5/9/24
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I went for a walk the other day along a portion of the green belt near our house.
It’s a peaceful path, meandering past a football field, a children’s park, tennis courts and open …
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By Mark Saucier
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4/24/24
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I was making a pinhole projector so our granddaughter could experience her first solar eclipse like her grandparents did back when both the sun and the moon were much younger.
While racing …
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By Mark Saucier
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4/11/24
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Frank Silecchia was a New York native and an excavation laborer — a pick-and-shovel guy.
When his city begged for search-and-rescue volunteers after the 9/11 attack, he stepped up.
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By Mark Saucier
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3/28/24
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“Familiarity breeds contempt.”
That old Roman proverb, echoed in Augustine and Chaucer, stills rings true today.
One exception, though, may be Scripture.
Here, our …
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By Mark Saucier
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3/14/24
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A cake, ablaze with candles toasting the shredded coconut at their feet, was no subtle reminder that another year had passed.
In that piercing light, I could not deny that I had reached the …
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By Mark Saucier
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2/15/24
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“I gave them the Beatitudes, and all they do is quote Leviticus...”
I can see Jesus saying this, sighing and sadly shaking his head.
Leviticus, of course, is part of the Torah, …
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By Mark Saucier
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2/1/24
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Raw. Bitter. Numbing. Brutal.
Take your pick, because this cold wave requires an adjective — an added word to communicate the life-threatening effects of sub-zero temperatures and …
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By Mark Saucier
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1/18/24
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I don’t know if you noticed it, but another year has passed.
It saddens me in some ways.
I remember when it arrived, full of hope and promise. And then suddenly, it was gone, quietly …
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By Mark Saucier
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1/5/24
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No Christmas pageant would be complete without a young girl in white dress and veil playing the role of Mary.
Remember, though, that, unlike the men of the gospels, Mary was not allowed to take …
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By Mark Saucier
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12/14/23
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Advent. From the Latin adventus, meaning coming or arrival.
What is coming? Christmas. Incarnation. Emmanuel, the dwelling of God with us.
What is coming? The Parousia, the …
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By Mark Saucier
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12/7/23
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There’s a story of the Irish writer Samuel Becket on a walk with a friend in Paris on a beautiful spring morning.
“Doesn’t this just make you feel happy to be alive?” his …
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By Mark Saucier
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11/24/23
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