August 2014 archive of Blog
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 »