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17 November, Homily Maybe . . .

  • Post author:Phrogge
  • Post published:November 17, 2013
  • Post category:Clergy/Cleveland/Current Church/Equality/Excommunication/Gospel Thoughts/Leadership/Local Church

God “happens” in our reality, not in our fantasy, and in our present, not our past or future. God is “happening” in the commotion going on in the church today…

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15 November, Thoughts During PT

  • Post author:Phrogge
  • Post published:November 15, 2013
  • Post category:Clergy/Current Church/Equality/Excommunication/Gospel Thoughts/Leadership/Local Church

This morning I received this email from a respected friend: “Here's a question: If God was willing to allow Adam and Eve (and so many others in our salvation history)…

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15 November, Bishops Don’t Speak for All of Us

  • Post author:Phrogge
  • Post published:November 14, 2013
  • Post category:Clergy/Cleveland/Current Church/Equality/Excommunication/Gospel Thoughts/Leadership/Local Church

Increasing numbers of folks are saying “the bishops don’t speak for me”. Some would go so far as to say, “the church does not speak for me”. There are many…

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14 November, Current Church

  • Post author:Phrogge
  • Post published:November 14, 2013
  • Post category:Clergy/Cleveland/Current Church/Equality/Gospel Thoughts/Leadership/Local Church/Uncategorized

In the Gospel Story for this Sunday (Luke 21:5-19) Jesus speaks of the end times when things will get bad before he comes again. In many ways this Story can…

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25 October, Some Thoughts on Bishops

  • Post author:Phrogge
  • Post published:October 26, 2013
  • Post category:Clergy/Cleveland/Current Church/Leadership/Local Church/Military Chaplain/Uncategorized

Recently Pope Francis said bishops are to serve, not dominate, their people. These words have generated a lot of commotion. I think, though, if I really believe that Jesus is…

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Some Thoughts on Military Chaplains These Days

  • Post author:Phrogge
  • Post published:September 27, 2013
  • Post category:Clergy/Leadership/Military Chaplain

Let me begin by saying I am a retired Active Duty Army Catholic Chaplain, having served for 27 years, and I have never felt my religious freedom to be threatened.…

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26 July, This Week’s Questions

  • Post author:Phrogge
  • Post published:July 26, 2013
  • Post category:Clergy/Current Church/Equality/Excommunication/Gospel Thoughts/Leadership/Local Church

There  are some big questions surfacing these days about what it is to be a follower or disciple of Jesus, and what is the role of the church, or of…

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6 March 2013, Excommunication- Part Deux

  • Post author:Phrogge
  • Post published:March 6, 2013
  • Post category:Clergy/Current Church/Excommunication/Leadership/Local Church

The Q&A part of the Bishops’ letter states excommunication is the Church’s way of saying a person has done something that harms the Church and also harms the person’s relationship…

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6 March 2013, Thoughts on Excommunication

  • Post author:Phrogge
  • Post published:March 6, 2013
  • Post category:Clergy/Current Church/Excommunication/Local Church

Yesterday’s announcement by the Bishop is a disturbing event in our diocese. Probably it will lead to self-righteous judging and polarization on all sides, always, of course, in the name…

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23 January, fulfilled?

  • Post author:Phrogge
  • Post published:January 23, 2013
  • Post category:Clergy/Current Church/Leadership/Local Church/Uncategorized

In the Gospel for this coming Sunday (Luke 1:1-4, 4:14-21) Jesus in the local synagogue reads the following passage from Isaiah: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because…

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