Diamonds

Diamonds are small sparkling stones with many facets. Hopefully this section consisting of Christmas Letters, Travel, and Homilies might meet this definition.

The first section, Christmas Letters, has the following entries:

AN OVERVIEW PHOTO-GREETING CARDSCORVALLIS 1963 …. 1964ROCKVILLE 1968SPRING 1980 1981198219831984 … … 1986198719881989199019911992 19931994CYPRESS 19951996199719982000200120022003 2004EAGLE’S TRACE 20052006 2007200820092010 (HOLY NIGHT)2011 (CHRISTMAS REVERIE)2012 (EPIPHANY)2013 (OH CHRISTMAS TREE)2014 (CELEBRATION/THANKSGIVING) 2015 (BUILD A MANGER)2016 (HIS FATHER’S EYES)2017 (SILENT NIGHT)2018 (STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN)2019 (ADVENT)2020 (A DIFFERENT KIND OF CHRISTMAS) 2021 (CHRISTMAS COMES FOR HEARTS AND MINDS) 2022 2023

The section for Homilies has the following entries:

Cycle C: Advent: 1st SunTIME === 2nd SunDUMP PILE andMARY AND JOHN === 3rd Sun …. REJOICE === 4th Sun ELIZABETH === Christmas DayCHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS === Holy FamilyHOLY FAMILY === EpiphanyEAST **** Ordinary: 2nd SunGIFTS and CANA andSIGNS === 3rd SunTEAM GIVERS === 5th SunHAND-ME-DOWNS === 7th Sun FORGIVE === 8th SunMASK **** Lent: 1st SunSHORT-CUTS and TESTING BELIEF === 2nd SunTHEOPHANY and LANGUAGE === 3rd SunBORING BUSH === 4th SunRERUNS **** Easter: 2nd Sun BELIEVING THOMAS andWALKING UP STAIRS BACKWARDS === 3rd Sun FAT LADY === 5th Sun (Mothers’ Day)THREE VIRTUES === 6th SunPEACE and GRADUATION and (Mothers’ Day)MOTHER CHURCH === 7th SunTRANSITIONS === AscensionASCENSION VIEWPOINTS === PentecostGOOSE BUMPS SUNDAY === Corpus Christi CORPUS CHRISTI **** Ordinary: 10th SunJIG-SAW PUZZELS === 11th SunLOVE AND FORGIVENESS andMONTH OF JUNE ===12th Sun ... WAITING FOR MESSIAH and … CROSS===13th SunCHAINS and … FREEDOM (July 4) andJOURNEY===14th Sun NOSTALGIA andIMMIGRATION FORTH (July 4)=== 15th Sun GOOD NEIGHBOR === 16th Sun CHOICE === TransfigurationTRANSFIGURATION === 17th SunPARENTS === 18th SunIDOLS AND ICONS === 19th SunTALENTS (Talent Fair) andTREASURE AND FAITH === 20th SunLOVING CONFRONTATION andWISHY WASHY CHARLIE BROWN === 21st SunRICE AND WALNUTS andLINES === 22nd SunEXPECTATIONS and POWER TABLE (Labor Day) andCINDERELLA SYNDROME === 23rd SunGONE WITH THE WIND andTRIUMPH OF THE CROSS and LIGHT AND DARKNESS === 24th SunWHERE andWHERE NOW and LOST AND FOUND === 25th SunUSED CAR SALESMAN andSANTA FE (Catechetical Sunday) === 27th Sun EUCHARIST === 29th … Sun PERSISTENCE (Mission Sunday) === 30th Sun SINNER andJESUS PRAYER andRIGHTEOUS=== 31st SunSEEKING === All Souls DayALL SOULS === 32nd SunBROTHERS === 33rd Sun DESTRUCTION === Christ the King Sun KINGDOM COMMUNION and HOLIDAY CONFUSION === Immaculate ConceptionTWO EVES