Today Jesus says in the Gospel, “Ephphatha!” That means, “Be opened!”  A closed mind — and heart — is a dangerous thing

How wild. Today, on Valetine’s Day, it happens that our first reading begins: The LORD God said: “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a suitable partner for him.” Man by himself – that was the first thing that God said was “not good”

In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated. – Margaret Halsey

“Let us love God, but with the strength of our arms, in the sweat of our brow.” – St. Vincent de Paul

Today we remember the days of creation. I teach this to kids with hand motions:

1. Day 1 – one finger up on right hand (God made the day) and then one finger up on other hand (God made the night)
2. Day 2 – Scissors …. God split the waters (making the sky, between heaven and earth)
3. Day 3 – Three fingers parallel with ground: God made the dry land…..then three fingers up–and plants
4. Day 4 – Stars Sun And Moon … four fingers up and count those four words
5. Day 5 – Make a fish with two hands, and then a bird……fish and birds
6. Day 6 – Five creepy crawlers and animals walkign on your arm, and then one finger up: and man
7. Day 7 – rest

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root. -Henry David Thoreau