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Generosity is Never Loss. I always thought generosity equaled loss. You give and its gone forever. However, the Bible tells us that generosity is an investment. It is true, for example, I needed to pick up some Sheetrock, but I could not fit it inside our Honda Civic. So I reached our house in Milton...

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Short and Good: The Perfect Prayer. After the priest reads the Gospel at Mass, he gives a homily. He has four options: short and good, short and bad, long and good, and long and bad.  Take a wild long shot as to which of the four options is the most popular among the faithful in...

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A Theory. I have a theory, and I think you will agree with it. For every good thing that you do:, “The photo copy machine is out of paper, no problem, I will fill the tray.” “Oh, the community car, that everyone uses, is on empty. No worries, I will fill it.” “The vacuum cleaner...

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“Do You See It” One day, I was at my desk with the phone on hold. Apparently, someone tried to buy Rhode Island with my credit card, and I was trying to figure out how to get a new card. While waiting, the doorbell rang. So I left the phone to answer the door. There was...

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When God Sends Us, We Go. When I was 52 years old, I was accepted into a doctoral program. At the age of 54, I learned to read German. At the age of 62, I ran my first marathon, and at 64, I published my first book. Why all this ambition and productivity? Because we...

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Feast of Peter and Paul. I ran a 5K and came in second in my age group. I beat the guy who came in third by half a second. If the guy had known that, he would have taken his bib and held it out over the finish line and would have beaten me by...

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Know the Price. Every time I go on a fishing trip, my phone gets damaged by water. To remedy this, my brother gave me a waterproof camera for Christmas. Naturally, he wanted me to send him a few pictures from the new camera. To do that, I needed to figure out how to use the...

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The Generous Pour. I loved my flip phone for this reason–no text messages. Now I receive texts, and I instantly know disasters that need my immediate attention. “The parking permit expired five minutes ago and you got a ticket.” “The hospital chaplain decided to take the day off without telling anyone. Can you come in...

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