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Cloud of Witnesses (Part 5, Chapter 12)

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 4/24/17

Part 5, Chapter 12

My ordination as a Deacon on October 28th, 2006.  I am pictured with my parents.

My Dad and Mom have taught me a lot.  They showed me how to love.  They did the best they could with me.  I learned so, so much from ... Read More »

Good Habits (Part 5, Chapter 11)

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 4/23/17

Part 5, Chapter 11

Microscopes can help us see the very small details of things.  They can help us to zoom in on the cell.  It is amazing how up close we can get.  This is especially true with the newer microscopes.   Microscopes help us to see what ... Read More »

God = Rest Area (Part 5, Chapter 10)

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 4/22/17

Part 5, Chapter 10

Traveling can be fun and stressful at the same time.  Sometimes we are traveling and we just need a break.  We see a sign for a rest area ahead, and so we stop.  These can be good areas to take a nap, get out ... Read More »

Seek the Father (Part 5, Chapter 9)

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 4/21/17

Part 5, Chapter 9

Driving in an area that we don’t know wasn’t always so easy.  Before GPS, if we got lost, we had to ask direction, we needed someone to point us in the way that we should go.  Sometimes we were heading in the right direction, ... Read More »

HPAOP (Part 5, Chapter 8)

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 4/20/17

Part 5, Chapter 8

We are nearing the finish line of the book.  We are about to finish, now is the time to finish strong.  Finishing strong here will help us to prepare for the final finish of our lives.  We want to go to Heaven, and we ... Read More »

Passion Fruits (Part 5, Chapter 7)

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 4/19/17

Part 5, Chapter 7

Emotions.  We are full of emotions whether we are aware of it or not.  Sometimes are emotion gets the better of us.  Sometimes we do things with our emotions that we shouldn’t.  We need to know our emotions and know how they are working ... Read More »

Neighbor = Sandpaper (Part 5, Chapter 6)

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 4/18/17

Part 5, Chapter 6

*sandpaper*

Have we ever met a person who just gets under our skin?  It seems that whatever they do is not right and anything that we do, they don’t think is right.  This person seems to be very annoying.  We don’t like to see ... Read More »

The Unholy Trinity: Me, Myself, and I (Part 5, Chapter 5)

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 4/17/17

Part 5, Chapter 5

Me, myself and I.  We can have too much focus on ourselves.  We can have a focus on ourselves that inhibits our loving of God.  If we are going to be devout in our faith, it is time to look at our focus on ... Read More »

Announcement: Preparation for Total Consecration

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 4/15/17

TOTAL CONSECRATION TO OUR LADY

On Friday, April 28th, we will begin Preparation for Total Consecration: To Jesus Christ through Mary .  (If you need to order the book, I have made a link to Amazon on this, but I always recommend trying to get it from the ... Read More »

Checkup with God (Part 5, Chapter 4) (Sunday's Post)

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 4/15/17

Part 5, Chapter 4

Hopefully, we are reading this on Easter, even if I posted it a day earlier. 

Now we have begun our first of four checkups.  In doing any checkup, there are two extremes we want to avoid.  These two extremes can be easy enough to ... Read More »