reflection
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This post is taken from the prepared text of the reflection I preached at my parish’s Good Friday Service. The video can be found here, and the scripture readings can be found here. When I was in middle school, one of my dad’s sisters came to visit us for a week. While I barely remember…
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Eventually. Soon. God-willing. In the future. Someday. Puhon. I still wrestle this word, and I don’t think my struggle with it will ever cease. Not because of anything linguistic or cultural, but existential. What is it that I am hoping for? What will inevitably transpire and come to pass? Puhon finds its roots in my…
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I’ve always found it hard to forgive myself, especially when I know for sure that I’ve caused something that went awry. Yet it’s one thing to be hard on myself in the moment, but another to bear the cringe, guilt, and disappointment that lingers afterward. The feeling is beyond ick—it’s one that comes with a…
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Within our hearts is a longing for something, a desire to find that missing puzzle piece and fix it into place. It’s not likely that we already know what it is. If we do, we may occasionally have moments where we question if it truly is the fulfillment of our longing. However identifiable or indescribable…
John Lee Wagas 