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Oct 8
2 min

Good morning... looking ahead again.

This is a typical morning for me. Up early to help with breakfast for my parents and then pray for guidance and use my mind to think of h...

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Dan Popovich

Sep 25
2 min

What does God want for you?

I was sitting here frustrated with myself today and ended up asking myself that question; namely, what does God want for me right now... ...

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Dan Popovich

Sep 18
2 min

"Prosperity Gospel" and worldly gain... I hope not.

I was just reading something by St. Augustine warning about shepherds that neglect to prepare their sheep for the temptations that will c...

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Reading "True Devotion to Mary" by St. Louis de Montfort

Dan Popovich

Sep 12
2 min

Reading "True Devotion to Mary" by St. Louis de Montfort

I will confess something that will probably seem kind of odd to most of my readers given that I aspire to write in part for a living. Tha...

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Good morning. Fresh day and looking ahead.

Dan Popovich

Aug 24
2 min

Good morning. Fresh day and looking ahead.

Just got up and the sun is yet to appear. I had my toast and coffee and am sitting here with my dad in our family room. We are both in ou...

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Experimental post: writing with music in my ears

Dan Popovich

Aug 23
2 min

Experimental post: writing with music in my ears

I am sitting here enjoying a peaceful Sunday afternoon in Northeast Ohio. It is sunny and warm outside and I cut the lawn earlier in the ...

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Dan Popovich

Aug 22
2 min

Plan to get back in shape

I've really packed on a too much fat these past 6 months and have totally been neglecting my exercise routine. What triggered the unhealt...

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Up to date pic of me (2 goals for physical health)

Dan Popovich

Aug 16
1 min

Up to date pic of me (2 goals for physical health)

Here's me at 284 pounds today. I'd like to get back to my goal weight of 235 by the end of the year. There's 20 weeks left in 2020 today ...

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Goals... good to write them down somewhere

Dan Popovich

Aug 11
1 min

Goals... good to write them down somewhere

I keep a little business card sized card in my wallet that I printed up at home many years ago. Probably about 15 years ago. On it are pr...

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Thoughts and questions about the "domestic church"

Dan Popovich

Aug 8
1 min

Thoughts and questions about the "domestic church"

I hear that term in some circles. Domestic church. I'm pretty sure that refers to one's family. The person that I associate with my first...

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Dan Popovich

Aug 8
1 min

Important to be around normal and healthy people

Normal and healthy people don't judge you because of a particular diagnosis (or any other distinguishing factor that might set you apart ...

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Dan Popovich

Aug 7
1 min

Poem: Most Holy Trinity

What is all the controversy? I ask myself right now. Some well meaning worshippers Are furling their brow When I say that Christ is One W...

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Dan Popovich

Aug 2
2 min

More personal reflections on boredom

Boredom, like every negative thing, always presents us with a GREAT opportunity to step outside ourselves (our selfishness) and to go exp...

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Dan Popovich

Aug 2
1 min

How I prepare to meet Him at Mass

I simply follow the directions of Holy Mother Church. The Bride of Christ. No. Really I just fast an hour before and put on my best cloth...

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Anger and wrath... I prefer the Peaceable Kingdom

Dan Popovich

Aug 1
2 min

Anger and wrath... I prefer the Peaceable Kingdom

Okay. I am going to do a little exercise here that I am going to make up to test the limits of my anger responses. (NOTE: I am purely an ...

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Taking spiritual breaths and finding your voice...

Dan Popovich

Aug 1
2 min

Taking spiritual breaths and finding your voice...

What do you do when you are supposedly "trapped" in a situation from which you can't seem to get any relief? It is good that we have a Go...

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Dan Popovich

Jul 31
2 min

The power of sleep

I know that sleeping too much can be a problem for some but I am convinced that there is real healing power in being able to drift off to...

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Mental Health Care: Don't let it scare you

Dan Popovich

Jul 29
2 min

Mental Health Care: Don't let it scare you

My first memory of anything having to do with mental health care was having seen the film "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" on t.v. at WA...

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Dan Popovich

Jul 27
2 min

My prayer life... needs improvement

I went to confession a few weeks ago and the first thing the priest asked me was how is my prayer life? I responded that it is quite "hit...

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Baseball game: A lazy Sunday summer poem

Dan Popovich

Jul 26
1 min

Baseball game: A lazy Sunday summer poem

Sitting here with fam'ly round We watch the game and cheer the sound Relaxing joy to chat and see Th' purpose of eternity What? Baseball?...

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