Category: mindful
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Summertime Should Be Mindful Time
Can you believe that Summer is here! If you are reading this outside of the US, Summer might not be as near, but here in the States we just celebrated the unofficial start to Summer, Memorial Day weekend. Pools are open, grills are cleaned, and school is coming to a close. We just spent a…
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Jesus is the Melody
An Everyday Stewardship Reflection for The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) 2016 When I was younger, for many years I helped lead the music for our parish liturgies. The “more grand” liturgies stand out to me: First Communion, Confirmation, Christmas, etc. It was at one of those First…
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Multitasking and Stewardship of the Mind
I read something this morning that really got me thinking. I was especially intrigued because I have been so busy lately that I find it hard to tackle so many different tasks at once. Certainly, trying to hard to multitask seems to work against a primary characteristic of an everyday steward: mindfulness. How can I…
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Be Quiet and Listen
St. Francis DeSales, in a Lenten sermon of 1615, maintained that the true goal of prayer was to make our will and the will of God one, leading us then to desire only God. He spoke of the need to give one’s self totally over to God. He wrote, “You have only one soul, and…
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Snow Day Stewardship
If you live a part of the world where snow falls at least occasionally in the winter, you probably have experienced the event of a snow day. That’s when schools are cancelled, government is shut down, and some businesses are closed. Parents often need to take a personal day to stay with their children. In…
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It’s a Friday in Lent, So Why Do I Crave a Hamburger?
You know, there really aren’t that many Fridays in Lent, so you would think not eating meat for us Catholics would be no big deal. But every year there are people asking things like, “Can I order a pepperoni pizza at midnight?” I remember being in college, a Catholic college mind you, and at midnight…
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An Everyday Steward is Mindful
For the next 5 Sundays of Lent and Passion Sunday, the Everyday Stewardship reflection will look at each of the 6 characteristics of an Everyday Steward, as contained in the book of the same name. Check back each Thursday on the Main Thing Blog for that Sunday’s reflection. Have a fruitful Lent! First Sunday of…
Tracy Earl Welliver 