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Welcome to the premier issue (Volume 1 Number 1) of The Daily Deacon! Hi, I'm Deacon Jeff Drzycimski, a Permanent Deacon for the Diocese of Memphis in Tennessee. On this Web Site you can read and/or listen to my homilies, as well as some of my other musings archived for your reading pleasure. You'll also see a link to a Saint of the Day column, as well as the latest headlines from the Catholic News Agency. In the upper right-hand corner above the masthead, you'll even find the current weather at The Vatican (it's almost like being there).
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HomiliaHomily
33rd Sunday In Ordinary Time, B
2009-11-15
Mk 13:24-32
Time is running out. The seconds tick away. It’s almost over. Will there be enough time? It doesn’t look good.
Suddenly, the clock stops. A man in a zebra-striped shirt steps onto the field, blows his whistle and raises his arms. It’s the two-minute warning.
Yes. We ARE talking football here. And, the two-minute warning is a critical moment in many games.
It’s a time to step back, analyze the situation, and come up with a play strategy that will lead to a lightning-fast romp down the playing field and a triumphal dive across the goal line.
Where most possessions last anywhere from 5 to 10 grueling minutes each, drives in the last two minutes are often marked with long, spectacular passes, daring “last chance” runs, the no-huddle offense and “do or die” pressure from the defense. It can be truly exciting.
It’s always amazed me that there can be that much action in the la...
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Mensis DictataMonthly Article
Lead Me To Your Door
2008-04-11
The long and winding road
That leads to your door
Will never disappear.
I’ve seen that road before
It always leads me here;
Lead me to you door.
Wow. I never thought I’d be quoting Beatles lyrics when reflecting upon my impending ordination. But, then, Lennon & McCartney’s song of longing seems to sum up so succinctly my particular journey to a closer relationship with God. I’m sure they were singing about a girl back in 1970, but if you read those opening lines with a little “faith,” you can probably see what I mean.
It’s only days before I am to be ordained a Permanent Deacon for the Diocese of Memphis in Tennessee – ordained to the service of the Bishop and his ministry to the Church of West Tennessee. And as I look back on how I got here, I realize that my life has been a long and winding road. It’s a bit like those Family Circus cartoons, where the little kids going on a simple errand for mom, run...
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