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Easter Week 5 Cycle A

Our readings for this Sunday, the Fifth Sunday of Easter, the Resurrection of the Lord, are here. These are the poem, my notes, and interpretations of Fr Dennis’ homilies from the Sunday Mass of: ______ The poem Fr Dennis references is: In 2014, we reflected on — Catechism / Structure <— Sacred Tension —>Continue reading “Easter Week 5 Cycle A”

Easter Week 4 Cycle A, Good Shepherd Sunday

Our readings for this Sunday, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, the Resurrection of the Lord, also known as Good Shepherd Sunday, are here. These are the poems, my notes, and interpretations of Fr Dennis’ homilies from the Mass of: ______ The poems Fr Dennis references are: In 2017, we reflected on —

Easter Week 3 Cycle A

Our readings for this Sunday, the Third Sunday of Easter, the Resurrection of the Lord, are here. These are the poems, my notes, and interpretations of Fr Dennis’ homilies from: ______ The poems Fr Dennis references are: In 2014, — The image, the Levertov poem, and one more, Kitchen Maid with Supper at Emmaus, orContinue reading “Easter Week 3 Cycle A”

Easter Octave, Divine Mercy Sunday (Rebound Sunday) Cycle A

Allelujah!! Allelujah!! He is (still) Risen!! Our readings for this Sunday, the Second Sunday of Easter, the Resurrection of the Lord, also known as Divine Mercy Sunday and, colloquially, as Rebound Sunday, are here. These are the poems, my notes, and interpretations of Fr Dennis’ homilies from Cycle 2014. The Mercy Sunday masses we areContinue reading “Easter Octave, Divine Mercy Sunday (Rebound Sunday) Cycle A”

Easter Sunday Cycle A

Allelujah!! Allelujah!! He is Risen!! This is a re-publish with a new image and a little new text, but the same sharing of the ABC readings and poems and my notes from the Fr Dennis’ Easter homilies from last year. It seems more Easterly to provide a bounty of poems! 🙂 Our readings for thisContinue reading “Easter Sunday Cycle A”

Thirty-Fourth and Final Sunday of Ordinary Time,

The Solemnity of Christ the King Cycle C Our readings for Sunday are here. These are the poem, my notes, and interpretations of Fr Dennis’ homily from the Masses of _______ The songs Fr Dennis Dillon, SJ references these years are: In 2019 notes, we reflected that — In 2013, we reflected that —

Happy Halloween!

Just sharing a bit of the beauty of Midwest autumn in the United States, replayed throughout the Great Lakes region and more. The grandeur of God in the trees and their colors, the joys of Halloween decorating for the little goblin & ghostie in all of us, the backyard brawl fun of the University ofContinue reading “Happy Halloween!”

Mass (2021)

Our secon film of this year’s 2022 series, Fractured Fairy Tales, at St Mary’s is MASS, a Fran Kanz film. The AADL has both a regular single disc DVD and Blu-Ray edition. We watched the former. We had a few more people but were still able to discuss in a circle (no microphone needed!) ourContinue reading “Mass (2021)”

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

Our first film of this year’s 2022 series, Fractured Fairy Tales, at St Mary’s is THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, an Orson Welles film released by RKO. The AADL has both a regular single disc release and the Criterion Collection’s restored quality version and double-disc release. We watched the latter. With the shorter notice and communication challenges,Continue reading “The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)”

Fungi and Fox

A lovely day and evening greeted us all in Ann Arbor. There are fewer but still hungry skeeters. I enjoyed a quiet dinner overlooking the quiet ravine. The chippies make so much noise for being so tiny! One meandering gaze takes in the ferociously large fungi on the wi-fi tree. a foot or more inContinue reading “Fungi and Fox”