bo4

Cycle B: Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Deacon's Bench

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Candlemas

The Deacon's Bench

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bo5

Cycle B: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Deacon's Bench

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cycle B

Advent: ba1 . ba2 . ba3 . ba4 (2008 2011)

Ordinary Time: bo3 . bo4 .  bo5 .  bo6 .  bo7 . bo11 . bo13 . bo14 . bo15 . bo16 . bo17 . bo18 . b027 . bo28 . bo29 . bo31 . bo32 . bo33 (2009 2012)

Lent: Ash Wednesday . bl1 . bl2 . bl3 . bl4 . bl5 . Palm (2009 2012)

Easter: be1 .  be2 .  be3 . be4 . be5 . be6 . be7 . Ascension . Pentecost . Trinity Sunday . Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) (2009 2012)

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requiescat in pacem

Hector Lemuel "Butch" Bourg Jr

Lawrence M Mandyck

James E Wilbers

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St Jude the Apostle choir

Hector Lemuel "Butch" Bourg Jr

Lawrence M Mandyck

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Hector Lemuel "Butch" Bourg Jr

b.1938Sep9
St Jude the Apostle choir - bass
d.2008Dec23

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Lawrence M Mandyck

b.1934May5
St Jude the Apostle choir - tenor
d.2011Sep5
f.2011Sep10 2pm

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Festivus - humbug

I learned of Festivus on facebook yesterday. so I looked it up on Wikipedia. How depressing!

It is said that satire does not look pretty on a tombstone. The same is true of sarcasm. Neither does either look good as a holiday.

People celebrate holidays because of history and tradition. They throw themselves in them as a method of fulfillment. Festivus appears to be a way of venting about how others celebrate.

Generating positive energy for one's self by trying to suck energy out of others does not seem to be in the spirit of being an American - or at least in the traditional spirit.

For Festivus the greeting should be shooting the bird.

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