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July 3, 2016
Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 6/28/16
Living the Corporal Works of Mercy should be an everyday part of our life. It is our call as Catholics. Those in need are to be taken care of out of love. It is the love of Christ that impels us forward to do this. One of the things ... Read More »
June 26, 2016
Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 6/22/16
Having a place to live in Minnesota is a big deal. It is not easy to live on the street during the winter especially when it gets to minus 40 with the wind chill. As Catholics living out the Corporal Works of Mercy, we are called to shelter the ... Read More »
June 19, 2016
Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 6/21/16
The Second of the Corporal Works of Mercy is to give drink to the Thirsty. There may not be many people who are thirsty up here, and yet this is what we are called to do. I really appreciate what the Bishops have written here as it give us ... Read More »
June 12, 2016
Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 6/21/16
This week we begin the Seven Corporal Works of Mercy . We just covered the Seven Spiritual Works of Mercy. Now it is time to live out these Corporal Works of Mercy. There are millions of people starving each day, some in our own nation. We can make a ... Read More »
June 5, 2016
Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 6/21/16
Today, I write about the last of the Spiritual Works of Mercy. Next week I will continue to write about the Corporal Works of Mercy. We have to remember that the Spiritual Works of Mercy lead to living out the Corporal Works of Mercy.
PRAYING FOR THE LIVING AND ... Read More »
May 29, 2016
Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 5/25/16
Today, I am writing about the sixth Spiritual Works of Mercy. This is one of the harder Spiritual Works of Mercy. Last week I wrote about Forgiving Injuries. That is tough too, but there is something about having to bear wrongs patiently that is tough as well. I think ... Read More »
May 22, 2016
Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 5/25/16
There are seven Spiritual Works of Mercy and there are seven Corporal Works of Mercy. I have purposely started writing about the Spiritual Works of Mercy because it is out of our prayer that we then go out and live the Corporal Works of Mercy. It is love of ... Read More »
May 15, 2016
Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 5/25/16
This is the fourth week that I am writing on the Spiritual Works of Mercy. I forgot to include the excerpt last week from the usccb.org. This week we will be covering Comforting the Sorrowful. This is a tough thing to do. We are not trained to help people ... Read More »
May 8, 2016
Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 5/25/16
Today, I continue the writing on the Spiritual Works of Mercy. I will discuss the third, which is Admonishing the Sinner. This may be the toughest for us as we get focused in our society that seeing something wrong in someone is judging. This may not be the case, ... Read More »
May 1, 2016
Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 4/29/16
This week I will write about the second Spiritual Work of Mercy which is Instructing the Ignorant. Someone who is ignorant of the truth, just has not learned it. It is not demeaning to say that someone is ignorant. I am ignorant of many things and then someone teaches ... Read More »