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25 Nov Some Gave All (Lk 21:4) by Dr. Rich Reich

Posted on Monday 25 November, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors "For those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood." ~ Lk 21:4 (full readings) Rich's Reflections:   Today's Gospel reminds me of the famous military quote, "All Gave Some, Some...

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20 Nov Faith in Action (2 Mc 7:30) by Diane Overmann

Posted on Wednesday 20 November, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB).  Leaders.  Guest Authors. . "I will not obey the king’s command. I obey the command of the law given to our ancestors through Moses." ~ 2 Mc 7:30 (full readings) . Diane's Reflections:   This entire first reading leaves me in awe at...

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18 Nov Don’t Be a Sellout (Mac 1:15) by Dr. Rich Reich

Posted on Monday 18 November, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors "They allied themselves with the Gentiles and sold themselves to wrongdoing." ~ Maccabees 1:15 (full readings) Rich's Reflections:   Today's reading is about lawbreakers who have seduced others into wrongdoing.  Almost half of our population has sold out to the culture of...

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15 Nov Why Would I Need More? (Wis 13:1) by Kevin McNicholas

Posted on Friday 15 November, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. . . “All men were by nature foolish who were in ignorance of God, and who from the good things seen did not succeed in knowing him who is, and...

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13 Nov Grace and Faith (Lk 17:17-19) by Jean Noon

Posted on Wednesday 13 November, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB).  Leaders.  Guest Authors. . "Jesus said in reply, 'Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine? Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?' Then he said to him, 'Stand up and go;...

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11 Nov Divine Intimacy (Wis 1:4) by Dr. Rich Reich

Posted on Monday 11 November, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors "Because into a soul that plots evil wisdom does not enter, nor does she dwell in a body under debt of sin." ~ Wis 1:4 (full readings) Rich's Reflections:  God's eternal plan of love is to espouse us to Himself forever...

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07 Nov Lost and Found (Lk 15:4,7) by Lauren Muzyka

Posted on Thursday 07 November, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB).  Leaders.  Guest Authors. . "What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it?  I tell you, in...

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06 Nov Love Your Unborn Neighbor as Yourself (Rom 13:9) by Deacon Sam Lee

Posted on Wednesday 06 November, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB).  Leaders.  Guest Authors. . "The commandments … you shall not kill … and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this saying, namely, You shall love your neighbor as yourself." ~ Rom 13:9 (full readings) . Deacon Sam's Reflections:  St....

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04 Nov Without Pay (Lk 14:14) by Dr. Rich Reich

Posted on Monday 04 November, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors "Blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you.  For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous." ~ Lk 14:14 (full readings) Rich's Reflections:   The Pro-Life movement is often a thankless mission; sidewalk counseling, mentoring,...

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01 Nov Time of Great Distress (Rv 7:14) by Kevin McNicholas

Posted on Friday 01 November, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. . . “These are the ones who have survived the time of great distress; they have washed their robes and made them white in the Blood of the Lamb.” ~ 1...

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31 Oct If God is for Us… (Rom 8:31) by Stephanie Kemp

Posted on Thursday 31 October, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB).  Leaders.  Guest Authors. . "If God is for us, who can be against us?" ~ Rom 8:31 (full readings) . Stephanie's Reflections:  After St. Paul presents and exhausts his defense of the Gospel in his letter to the Romans, he concludes with...

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28 Oct Discipleship (Lk 6:13) by Dr. Rich Reich

Posted on Monday 28 October, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors "When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named apostles." ~ Lk 6:13 (full readings) Rich's Reflections:   Discipleship focuses on actively following in the footsteps of Jesus by putting our faith...

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25 Oct Signs (Lk 12:56) by Shane Kapler

Posted on Friday 25 October, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. . . “You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky; why do you not know how to interpret the present time?” ~ Lk 12:56 (full readings) . Shane's...

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25 Oct Signs (Lk 12:56) by Shane Kapler

Posted on Friday 25 October, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. . . “You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky; why do you not know how to interpret the present time?” ~ Lk 12:56 (full readings) . Shane's...

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24 Oct Much Will Be Required (Lk 12:48) by Kathy Forck

Posted on Thursday 24 October, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB).  Leaders.  Guest Authors. . "Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more." ~ Lk 12:48 (full readings) . Kathy's Reflections:   The ninth 40 Days For Life Prayer Vigil...

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23 Oct From Dark to Light (Rom 6:16) by Molly McDonald

Posted on Wednesday 23 October, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB).  Leaders.  Guest Authors. . "Do you not know that if you present yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to...

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21 Oct Human Dignity (Lk 12:15) by Dr. Rich Reich

Posted on Monday 21 October, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors "Then he said to the crowd, 'Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.'" ~ Lk 12:15 (full readings) Rich's Reflections:    In the Gospel today, the rich man was blessed with a...

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18 Oct A Great Deal of Harm (2 Tm 4:14) by Kevin McNicholas

Posted on Friday 18 October, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. . . “Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.” ~ 2 Tm 4:14 (full readings) . Kevin's Reflections: How many...

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18 Oct A Great Deal of Harm (2 Tm 4:14) by Kevin McNicholas

Posted on Friday 18 October, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. . . “Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.” ~ 2 Tm 4:14 (full readings) . Kevin's Reflections: How many...

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17 Oct Mercy and Redemption (Ps 130:7) by Jeff Grabosky

Posted on Thursday 17 October, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB).  Leaders.  Guest Authors. . "With the Lord there is mercy, and fullness of redemption." ~ Ps 130:7 (full readings) . Jeff's Reflections:   We all have sinned and are therefore in need of redemption.  This is such a beautiful penitential Psalm that grants...

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14 Oct The Calling (Rom 1:7) by Dr. Rich Reich

Posted on Monday 14 October, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors "To all the beloved of God in Rome, called to be holy." ~ Rom 1:7 (full readings) Rich's Reflections:    God has not called us to immorality but to holiness (1 Thes 4:7); but our secular society believes that holiness restricts our...

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10 Oct Knock, Knock, KNOCK! (Lk 11:9-10) by Nellie Edwards

Posted on Thursday 10 October, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB).  Leaders.  Guest Authors. . "And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and...

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09 Oct People Over Plants (Jon 4:9-11) by Benjamin Monson

Posted on Wednesday 09 October, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB).  Leaders.  Guest Authors. . "But God said to Jonah, 'Have you reason to be angry over the plant?'  'I have reason to be angry,' Jonah answered, 'angry enough to die.'  Then the LORD said, 'You are concerned over the...

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07 Oct You Shall Love (Lk 10:27) by Dr. Rich Reich

Posted on Monday 07 October, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors "He said in reply, 'You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.'" ~ Luke 10:27 (full readings) Rich's Reflections:...

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03 Oct Light up the Black Hills! (Lk 10:2) by Dr. Pat Castle

Posted on Thursday 03 October, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB).  Leaders.  Guest Authors. . "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few.  The Kingdom of God is at hand." ~ Lk 10:2 (full readings) . Pat's Reflections:  How often have you felt like you are the only one willing to speak up...

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02 Oct My Angel Will Go Before You (Ex 23:23) by Bishop Paprocki

Posted on Wednesday 02 October, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB).  Leaders.  Guest Authors. . "See, I am sending an angel before you, to guard you on the way and bring you to the place I have prepared." ~ (Ex 23:23) (full readings) . Bishop Paprocki’s Reflections:  By now, our LIFE Runners Team...

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30 Sep Pro-Life Solidarity (Lk 9:50) by Dr. Rich Reich

Posted on Monday 30 September, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors "Jesus said to him, 'Do not prevent him, for whoever is not against you is for you.'" ~ Luke 9:50 (full readings) Rich's Reflections:    On October 6th, over 200 LIFE Runners will come to the Black Hills of South Dakota in...

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26 Sep Harden Not Your Hearts (Ps 95:7-8) by Tonchi Weaver

Posted on Thursday 26 September, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB).  Leaders.  Guest Authors. . "For he is our God, we are the people he shepherds, the sheep in his hands.  Oh that today you would hear his voice:  Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on the...

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23 Sep Don’t Dim the Lights (Lk 8:17) by Dr. Rich Reich

Posted on Monday 23 September, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. "For there is nothing hidden that will not become visible, and nothing secret that will not be known and come to light." ~ Luke 8:17 (full readings) Rich's Reflections:    This week I started reading a book by Peter Kreeft...

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20 Sep God’s Time (1 Tm 6:6-8) by Kevin McNicholas

Posted on Friday 20 September, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. . . “Indeed, religion with contentment is a great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, just as we shall not be able to take anything out of it....

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19 Sep Compassion (Lk 7:37-39) by Sara Beaner

Posted on Thursday 19 September, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB).  Leaders.  Guest Authors. . "Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee.  Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment, she stood behind him at his feet weeping...

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16 Sep Faith and Humility (Lk 7:6-7) by Dr. Rich Reich

Posted on Monday 16 September, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. "And Jesus went with them, but when He was only a short distance from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell Him, 'Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you enter...

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11 Sep Remember (Is 38:3) by Pastor Dale Bartscher

Posted on Wednesday 11 September, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. . . “Remember, Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” ~ Is 38:3 (full readings) . Pastor Dale's Reflections:...

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09 Sep Right and Wrong (Lk 6:9) by Dr. Rich Reich

Posted on Monday 09 September, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. "Then Jesus said to them, 'I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?'"  ~ Lk 6:9 (full readings) Rich's Reflections:    In the...

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06 Sep All Generations (Ps 100:5) by Kevin McNicholas

Posted on Friday 06 September, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. . . “For he is good, the LORD, whose kindness endures forever, and his faithfulness, to all generations.” ~ Ps 100:5 (full readings) . Kevin's Reflections: God’s faithfulness does endure to all generations,...

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05 Sep Pray Unceasingly (Col 1:9) by Mary Ellen Hoffman

Posted on Thursday 05 September, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB).  Leaders.  Guest Authors. . "For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding."...

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04 Sep Gratitude for LIFE (Col 1:3-5) by Fr. Vince Bertrand

Posted on Wednesday 04 September, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB).  Leaders.  Guest Authors. . "We always give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for...

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02 Sep Miracles (Lk 4:24) by Dr. Rich Reich

Posted on Monday 02 September, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. "And he said, 'Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place.'"  ~ Lk 4:24 (full readings) Rich's Reflections:    In today’s culture, it is difficult to recognize a miracle. We are always searching for...

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30 Aug Time’s Up (Mt 25:13) by Shane Kapler

Posted on Friday 30 August, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. . “Therefore, stay awake,  you know neither the day nor the hour” ~ Mt 25:13 (full readings) . Shane’s Reflections: Today’s Gospel is what I call a “gut check.” We’re forced to...

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29 Aug Speaking Truth and Life (Mk 6:20) by Pastor Don Bird

Posted on Thursday 29 August, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB).  Leaders.  Guest Authors. . "…for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed; and yet he liked to listen to him." ~ (Mk 6:20)...

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28 Aug The Father’s Mercy and Goodness (Ps 139) by Matt Laugeman

Posted on Wednesday 28 August, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB).  Leaders.  Guest Authors. . "You have searched me and you know me." ~ (Responsorial Ps 139) (full readings) . Matt's Reflections:  The frustrations we feel as God's adopted sons and daughters are understandable.  The sadness we feel for our brothers...

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26 Aug Gehenna (Mt 23:13) by Dr. Rich Reich

Posted on Monday 26 August, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites.  You traverse sea and land to make one convert, and when that happens you make him a child of Gehenna twice as much as yourselves."  ~ Mt 23:13 (full readings) Rich's...

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23 Aug People in Our Lives (Ru 1:16) by Kevin McNicholas

Posted on Friday 23 August, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. . . “But Ruth said, “Do not ask me to abandon or forsake you!  For wherever you go, I will go, wherever you lodge I will lodge, your people shall...

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22 Aug Grace and Truth (Jn 13:34) by Pastor John Dennis

Posted on Thursday 22 August, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. . . "I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another." ~ Jn 13:34 (full readings) . John's...

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21 Aug The Joy of Life (Mt 20:16) by Pastor Mark Roberts

Posted on Wednesday 21 August, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB).  Leaders.  Guest Authors. . "Thus, the last will be first, and the first will be last." ~ (Mt 20:16) (full readings) . Pastor Mark's Reflections:  Today I get to experience frustrations, stress and maybe even heartache.  Personality conflicts on my staff, financial...

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19 Aug Standards (Ps 106:37) by Dr. Rich Reich

Posted on Monday 19 August, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors.. "They sacrificed to demons their own sons and daughters." ~ Ps 106:37 (full readings) . Rich's Reflections:    Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge about our world.  It does this through measurements that are made based on...

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12 Aug That We May Not Offend (Mt 17:27) by Dr. Rich Reich

Posted on Monday 12 August, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors.. "But that we may not offend them, go to the sea, drop in a hook,  and take the first fish that comes up.  Open its mouth and you will find a coin worth twice the temple tax....

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09 Aug Losing One’s Life (Mt 16:25) by Jenn Garza

Posted on Friday 09 August, 2013

Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB).  Leaders.  Guest Authors. . "For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." ~ (Mt 16:25) (full readings) . Jenn's Reflections:  It has been my great honor to run and...

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