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St. Agnes Catholic Church Good Friday Cycle C Apr 15, 2022 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041522.cfm What is the greatest crime a person can commit?   What is the evilest action that a human being can do?   When I was in middle school, an English teacher taught my class a list of vocabulary words ending in the root, - cide . which means “to kill” or “to cut down.”   These words are a catalogue of awful things, many of them have a good case to be the answer to the question I posed about humanity’s word deed.   Listen to this litany of terror: Homicide – the killing of another human being Patricide – the killing of a parent Aborticide – the killing of an unborn child Infanticide – the killing of a child Suicide – killing oneself Regicide – killing a king Most of our worst actions involve violence, especially taking the life of a human being.   To this catalogue of cruelty, we added two words in the bloody 20 th century.       Genocide – the killing of an entire people E

St. Boniface Catholic Church  M and M’s Wedding April 2, 2022 “…as I love you.” Song of Songs 2-8-10-14-16-8-6-7 (?) Psalm 103 Romans 12:1-2, 9-18 John 15:9-12 Good afternoon, friends and family of Groom and Bride and especially to our very soon-to-be bride and groom.   It is a pleasure to be here with you to celebrate and witness to this joyous event. I am Ned Berghausen, permanent deacon at St. Agnes parish.   I am also a former teacher of Bride’s.   I taught her when she was a senior at Mercy and had the pleasure of working with her for a year at Mercy.   Bride is a third generation Mercy employee, following in the footsteps of her grandmother, Lillian, and father, Kevin.   I have gotten to know Groom this year through the process of wedding preparation. It is a thrill to be presiding on your special day.   Groom and Bride have been together for ten years and have grown into a comfortable, solid couple, relaxed in their ability to be in each other’s presence, with a larger group o