Become A Light
I was visiting some friends a few weeks ago, Mike and his wife Donna, and we were talking about some things that we could do to help a project for the disabled that is growing in Ecuador. We share...
View ArticleIt Will Be Given to You
I’ve been learning Spanish along the way as I’ve been going to Ecuador, in between visits and while I am here in Boston. I don’t set out to learn Spanish. I set out to love the people. The Spanish...
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The Week of “Huuuuuuuh!”
I have a confession to make. I sleep every night with a mosquito net over my bed, and it’s not my favorite thing. Imagine living where it’s about 85 to 90 degrees every day with some of the hottest sun...
View ArticleBien Dentro
Here in the rural areas of Ecuador, we travel to a lot of villages that are satellites of the town center. Usually what happens is that you drive on asphalt in the town center, then you leave on one of...
View ArticleMonday?
I live here in Ecuador with Fr Martin and a Deacon, David. I often tell David that my favorite day of the week is el lunes, or Monday. “What do you mean?” he asks. Well I said, lunes in english is...
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Now It’s Our Turn
Whew! OK, ready. Let out a big relaxing breath, everything inside your lungs. Ready? Go ahead …. Wheeeeew …. Great! Because that’s exactly what Jesus dead when He breathed on His disciples. My sister...
View ArticleGod Works With What Little You Have
A reflection I am sharing with a few groups this weekend in Puerto Quito on the Gospel – in Spanish and in fewer words …. enjoy! ************************ OK, put up your two fists in the air, just for...
View ArticleThe Power of Listening
Jesus was thirty years old before He began His ministry. That’s thirty years where He didn’t do any preaching or teaching, no miracles, no healings, no casting out demons, no turning over Temple...
View ArticleOur Little Yes’s
When I first starting coming back to God, I started going regularly to a church in Boston where the priest proclaimed the Gospel. After a few years, I saw an invitation in the bulletin. The priest was...
View ArticleUnconditionally
In the catechism program here in the parish, children have to have a little booklet signed every time they go to Mass, so it’s documented whether they and their parents went to Sunday Mass. The Sunday...
View ArticleDios-Capacitados
I spend every Friday with a community of people, disabled and able-bodied, in the ministry for the disabled here in Puerto Quito. Disabled in Spanish is discapacitado. But I like to use the word...
View ArticleGod Loves Hospitality
So three young men tell Abraham that in a year’s time, his wife will be pregnant. What’s the big deal. Don’t get me wrong, it’s always a big deal to have a child, but why was this such a big deal to be...
View ArticleTake A Little Step Toward Him
Amazing, isn’t it? God actually listened to Abraham and did what he wanted. I mean, how many people actually tell God what to do? How did he do that? When someone speaks fast to me in Spanish down...
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Mary Finds the Keys
We are beginning to lock the church at nights here in Puerto Quito because of a recent incident, and so far we’ve only been locking 1 of the two doors. That’s because we bought one lock. But it’s also...
View ArticleDon’t Give Up On The Gift
When I was younger, I had a girlfriend and got her a gift for Christmas. Usually you’ll get a few gifts for a girlfriend for Christmas, but this time I got her one, large box. Nothing else, that’s it,...
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New Ground Is Ready
Back in April, a group of us were asked to plant a new hedge around the main building in the project for the disabled. There was already a part of the hedge around it, and we needed to complete the...
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Let God Light A Fire In Your Heart
What is the narrow gate? Well, to understand it, we have to know a little bit about ancient cities. Ancient cities didn’t have a state or federal government to protect them, so they had to have their...
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Show Others
At the high school down here in Puerto Quito, the physics teacher has been asking me to help him out in the lab. Finally, I agreed to help out with one of the labs. There’s a reason. It’s one thing to...
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El Poder de Pedir (The Power of Asking)
I went into a store here in Puerto Quito the other day. As I was waiting to buy a few things, a little boy was mesmerized with some of the candies at the counter. “Please, Mom, please, please, pay the...
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You’ve Got To Hand Over To Finish
Don’t start something you can’t finish. That’s what Jesus is saying in the Gospel today. But that’s not new wisdom, that’s been around since the beginning. It’s old stuff. But Jesus is giving us...
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