2014 archive of Blog
Twenty-Eighth Sunday In Ordinary Time, October 12, 2014, by Fr. Kevin Anderson
Posted by Michele Skeim on 11/03/14
OK, let’s say that I get invited to a wedding . . . one of which I am not presiding. Well besides a nice gift (and money is always the best gift) I clear my calendar and pick out what to wear for the event. [Show my Armani suit, ... Read More »
Twenty-Sixth Sunday In Ordinary Time, September 28, 2014, by Fr. Kevin Anderson
Posted by Michele Skeim on 10/01/14
Do you recognize these lyrics from a well-known song?
[recite]
O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war's desolation. Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heav'n rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
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Twenty-Fifth Sunday In Ordinary Time, September 21, 2014, by Fr. Kevin Anderson
Posted by Michele Skeim on 9/22/14
This coming Friday, September 26, marks the 50th anniversary of the start of one of the most beloved TV shows of all time. But gosh, I forget the title . . . . [pause] . . . I can think of the characters. With a skinny guy [break into ... Read More »
Exultation of the Cross, September 14, 2014, by Fr. Kevin Anderson
Posted by Michele Skeim on 9/22/14
How do you get to heaven? I need 3 volunteers to demonstrate [I give one a 2x4 wooded beam, and another 2x4 to the other two volunteers. I ask the one to hold the beam vertically.]
Some would say that it only about our relationship with God. [Point ... Read More »
Twenty-Second Sunday In Ordinary Time, August 31, 2014, by Fr. Kevin Anderson
Posted by Michele Skeim on 9/05/14
What does it mean to “take up our cross” as Jesus mentions in the gospel? Basically it means going from here to there . . . to make a move or make make a change.
Funny Story: It’s like the news report that I heard lately. A certain ... Read More »
Twenty-First Sunday In Ordinary Time, August 24, 2014, by Fr. Kevin Anderson
Posted by Michele Skeim on 8/28/14
Jesus gives Simon a new name . . . Kepha or Cephas, which we translate to be Peter. So we have Simon (his old name) now known as Simon Peter (or Peter the rock, or Simon “Rocky”) [I start singing the theme song from the movie “Rocky”]
But ... Read More »
Twentieth Sunday In Ordinary Time, August 17, 2014, by Fr. Kevin Anderson
Posted by Michele Skeim on 8/20/14
As many of you know, I have many nephews and nieces. I am a blest uncle. I enjoy spending time with them. Sometimes I even am asked to babysit them. I enjoy those times, because after it’s done . . . I am ready to re-commit myself to celibacy.
One game we like to play (especially with the young ones) is hide and seek. I remember once playing with one of my nephews when we was about 3 years old. I would go hide and he’d come looking for me . . . and squeal with delight at finding me. Then he would go hide . . . and he would go to the exact same place that I was just in. And of course, he’d be giggling and laughing so I had to pretend that it was hard to find him. And every time he would hide again, he went back to that exact same original spot. It’s as if he wanted to be ... Read More »
Nineteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, August 10, 2014, by Fr. Kevin Anderson
Posted by Michele Skeim on 8/18/14
Joke: A friend of mine told me something that happened to him a while ago, he came out to his car parked at the Crossroads Mall in St. Cloud and noticed a ding in the side. “Oh rats,” he said. (I don’t believe that’s really what he said but ... Read More »
Seventeenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, July 27, 2014, by Fr. Kevin Anderson
Posted by Michele Skeim on 7/30/14
Back in the summer of 1999, I happen to be visiting some friends in Massachusetts. At one point, we were out on a fishing boat in the sea . . . and all these helicopters were flying all around us. It was very strange. We found out later that ... Read More »
Fifteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, July 13, 2014, by Fr. Kevin Anderson
Posted by Michele Skeim on 7/16/14
What do you think of this? [Show an apple] Let’s call this is the “family apple.” We can all admire, and look at it lovingly. Maybe we can put on the coffee table or put it in a prominent place on the bookshelf. Now, wouldn’t you think that is ... Read More »