Life - simple but, always complicated!!

Dec. 24, 1968  Apollo 8 And also Christmas Eve  at Grandpa Schmitt's house. We ran outside to try & see the astronauts orbit the moon per Joe Schmitt & Frank Garvey. 😆  Frank Borman Frank Borman Died Nov 7, 2023 Borman's Life And ;  Thomas Kenneth Mattingly Died Oct 31, 2023. You may remember Ken Mattingly from the movie; APOLLO 13 God bless these two space pioneers. 

Steve Martin ( Neal) & John Candy ( Del)   November 6, 2023 DAILY MEDITATION: LUKE 14:12-14 wau.org When you hold a banquet, invite the poor . ( Luke 14:13) For Jesus, the dinner table is a sacred place. He often chose to make a personal connection with people by coming to eat at their homes. Because Jesus is present in the sacred meal of the Eucharist, heaven touches earth at every Mass. This holy encounter will continue into eternity in the “wedding feast of the Lamb” (Revelation 19:9). But even ordinary mealtimes can provide opportunities to meet with God. From Abraham to Rahab to the first disciples, God’s people encountered their Lord by showing hospitality (Genesis 18; Joshua 2; Acts 2:44). Even more, they reflected the generous hospitality of God himself. Banquet with St. Kilian 1972 classmates in 2017. So when Jesus talks about holding a banquet and inviting the poor, he’s inviting us to be hospitable like his Father (Luke 14:13). He’s asking us to rewo...

God's love  🖇🔗 Tru dat.. . And if it was God’s will, then it was God’s will for Ted to die at an early age. Just like when parents lose a loved one, a parent, child, or unborn fetus . Parents suffer through miscarriages . The fetus is an initial blessing that joins the parents to new life, and in the tragedy of losing the fetus it joins them even more. The fetus’s life is still life, still a blessing .  Like having a puppy. It is a blessing to find and adopt the puppies we have, but life leads to death. As I experienced when Ted died, it can be death that occurs within the embrace of love, with people who love us. This is God’s will, too. It is all part of accepting life. Accept God’s will, which involves such incredible diversity and change, blessings, and sufferings, too. But it is not my will, it is God’s will. January 1987 , we suffered through a miscarriage , our first pregnancy.  It was heartbreaking, truly heartbreaking.  Just the two of us at ho...

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I am fundraising for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Light The Night. LLS is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding research, finding cures and ensuring access to treatments for blood cancer patients. I want to see the end of blood cancer, so I'm asking you to support my fundraising efforts by making a tax-deductible contribution! Please use the link in this email to donate online quickly & securely. You will receive an email confirmation of your donation as soon as it is made. I thank you in advance for your support which will make a difference in the lives of thousands of patients battling blood cancers. Here is the link to my fundraising page LTN FUNDRAISING     I really appreciate your generosity! Thank you, Anthony Schmitt P.S. Want to double your impact? You may be eligible for a donation match. Check here.  Wow! It's been 20 years since we walked LIGHT THE NIGHT in honor of Lauren E. Schmitt, and in memo...

From a few years ago; I've been following a post about how much a person should give to bride & groom as they are invited  to a wedding on Long Island. It amazes me the replies on how much they "should "give to the couple . It appears  there's a   preconceived notion of how much they should give. Cover the plate, give more $$$ because of the cost of LI. My governing rule is rather simple and goes back over 2,000 years :   2 Corinthians 9:6- The Cheerful Giver 6 The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully[a] will also reap bountifully. 7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. I  try to follow in every day life, those I hang with usually do the same. Why ? It's what our parents did by word & example. 👍😇👌😎 Additionally, in early 90s I led a Time , Treasure, Talent campaign at our Catholic Church. We were in need...

St. John the Baptist: Martyr for the Sanctity of Marriage Gospel  🔗🔗 Mt 14:1-12 Reflection  Reflection for 05-Aug-23  🔗🔗 Simply put, St. John the Baptist died because he told Herod Antipas that his “marriage” to Herodias was invalid and sinful .  SJB Martyr for the Sanctity of Marriage  ,🔗🔗 Herod Antipas had divorced his first wife, Phasaelis, so as to be able to marry Herodias, who had been married to his half-brother Herod II (also known as Herod Philip I). The situation is described in Scripture: For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married. For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable, because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing he was a righteous and holy man (Mark 6:17-20). A  covenant or contract , the ...

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