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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
3rd Sunday Of Lent, B
2009-03-15
John 2:13-25
Jesus was more than miffed. He was angry.
When He cleansed the Temple of the moneychangers, He left no table unturned, no stack of coins intact.
I imagine it was quite a site to see…this typically meek and humble Son of a Carpenter red in the face and wielding a whip, driving out every last beast and every last moneychanger.
It seems a bit odd, don’t you think? A bit out of character for Jesus?
What could have motivated Him? Why was it that He barreled through the Temple as a tornado bulldozes its way across the earth?
Some will tell you that He was angry that the moneychangers were taking advantage of the average Joes – or, the average Jews – who dutifully came to the Temple at the appointed time to offer their sacrifices to God.
You see, the temple tax had to be paid in Shekels, a coin not used in everyday commerce. That meant that moneychangers were necessa...
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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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