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It was a quiet day in Galilee when the archangel Gabriel arrived at Mary’s home. Imagine what it must have been like in that moment.

Here we are in the heart of Lent. We’re far enough into Lent that maybe I should be feeling my spiritual rhythm.

It turns the whole story on its head for me.

Every Sunday my fellow small group leader and I bring a snack for our second graders to enjoy in our Sunday School class. Because it was St. Patrick’s Day, I thought we might make the snack a little more fun than usual.

When I think of growing up in St. Pius X parish in Rodgers Forge, I think of Msgr. Baumgartner.

Often what I’m asking for isn’t what I need, but the equivalent of a chocolate chip cookie for dinner.