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TC Day 23 (Imitation)
Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 5/21/17
Day 23
When I was little, I remember playing: Follow the Leader. We copied what the leader did, if he raised his right foot, so did we. If he blinked, so did we. We did what they did. It was a form of imitation. We should want to ... Read More »
TC Day 22 (Mama’s Children)
Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 5/20/17
Day 22
“As in the natural life a child must have a father and a mother, so in the supernatural life of grace a true child of the Church must have God for his Father and Mary for his mother” (Preparation for Total Consecration, 81). We are given ... Read More »
TC Day 21 (Dynamite)
Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 5/19/17
Day 21
There is a difference between a fire cracker and dynamite.
A fire cracker can do a little damage, but with some dynamite, we can do a lot of damage. If I was trying to get rid of a huge rock in a field, I could ... Read More »
TC Day 20 (Potential)
Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 5/18/17
Day 20
There is a difference in a glass that is a quarter full as to one that is half full.
And yet there is a difference between a half full glass and one that is completely full.
A glass that is filled a quarter of ... Read More »
TC Day 19 (Stop)
Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 5/17/17
Day 19
When we are driving and see this big sign above we know what it means. It means halt, that the vehicle that we are driving needs to cease moving. We know what a stop sign means. We know the meaning of many signs while we drive. ... Read More »
TC Day 18 (Nothing)
Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 5/16/17
Day 18
No image needed today. The image that we should imagine is nothing, but even when we try to imagine nothing, we think of something. We don’t really get it because we can only use something to help us to imagine nothing. Our perspective is wrong. Why? The ... Read More »
TC Day 17 (Weighed Down)
Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 5/15/17
Day 17
Working out and getting exercise can be a good thing. But we need to eat right, get enough sleep, and pray as well to help us to be able to work out properly. When one of these things is out of whack, it makes physical exercise ... Read More »
TC Day 16 (It Stinks)
Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 5/14/17
Day 16
Driving down the road we many times see road kill, and soon after we smell the road kill especially if it is a skunk. It stays with us for a long time. But that smell eventually goes away. Sometimes though, we get sprayed by a skunk. ... Read More »
TC Day 15 (Heart Transplant) (warning graphic picture)
Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 5/13/17
Day 15
I have always enjoyed watching surgeries. They fascinate me. When there is a need for surgery, someone is cut into to save their lives or to better their lives. I had surgery to remove my gallbladder just a couple of weeks before I was ordained as ... Read More »
TC Day 14 (Dwelling of the Lord)
Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 5/12/17
Day 14
Watching a home being built can be fun. Once the surveying is done, the excavating begins and then the foundation is poured. Once the foundation is poured, the walls are framed, the roof is completed. Once it is roughed in, then comes the windows, doors, rooms ... Read More »