Help! Someone has Father Jim’s remote control for the church lights. He wants it. Please return it to him programmed or not - right away. Thanks.
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We did win, once again, Auburn Hills’ Beautification Award for our landscaping this year. Thank you, City of Auburn Hills, thank you, Judy and Dave Skubick and all of you Gardening Angels, and thank you, Michael Yagiela, for doing such a fabulous job in maintaining our grounds all summer.
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From Sunday to Sunday, no matter what priest (local  or visiting) may be presiding at the liturgy, let us resolve to be here with one another and for each other. If indeed we are into the End Times, and I truly believe it is so, then we truly need each other in our community of Faith.
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GOOD QUESTION…
If quitters never win and winners never quit, what goober came up with “Quit while you’re ahead?”
What hair color do they put on the driver’s licenses of bald men?
If it’s true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the OTHERS here for?
Did you know that STRESSED spelled backwards is DESSERTS?
As I said before, I never repeat myself!
If you can’t be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.
Ever wonder what the speed of lightning would be if it didn’t zigzag?
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.
It’s hard to make a comeback when you haven’t been anywhere.
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MET IN THE STAIRWELL
 You say you will never forget where you were when you heard the news, Sept. 11, 2001. Neither will I.
 I was on the 110th floor in a smoke filled room with a man who called his wife to say “Good-Bye.” I held his fingers steady as he dialed. I gave him the peace to say, “Honey, I am not going to make it, but it is OK...I am ready to go.” I was with his wife when he called as she fed breakfast to their children. I held her up as she tried to understand his words and as she realized he wasn't coming home that night.
 I was in the stairwell of the 23rd floor when a woman cried out to me for help. “I have been knocking on the door of your heart for 50 years!” I said. “Of course I will show you the way home - only believe in Me now.”
I was at the base of the building with the Priest ministering to the injured and devastated souls. I took him home to tend his Flock in heaven. He heard my voice and answered.
 I was on all four of those planes, in every seat, with every prayer. I was with the crew as they were overtaken.
 I was in the very hearts of the believers there. Comforting and assuring them that their Faith has saved them.
 I was in Texas, Kansas, London. I was standing next to you when you heard the terrible news. Did you sense Me?
 I want you to know that I saw every face. I knew every name - though they did NOT all know Me. Some met me for the first time on the 100th floor. Some sought me out in their last breath. Some couldn’t hear me calling to them through the smoke and flames, “Come to Me...this way...take my hand.” Some chose, for the final time, to ignore Me. But I was there.
 I did not place you in the Tower that day - you may not know why, but I DO. However, if you were there in that explosive moment in time, would you have reached for Me? September 11, 2001 was not the end of the journey for you. But someday your journey will end. And I will be there for you as well. Seek Me now while I may be found. Then, at any moment, you know you are “ready to go.” I will be in the stairwell of your final moments.
 GOD
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