Deacon Bob Yerhot serves the diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota. He has dedicated his life to the service of his family and the Catholic Church. He has studied philosophy, classical humanities, theology and social work at St. Mary’s College (now University) at Winona, Minnesota, the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy, and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He currently serves two parishes in southeast Minnesota, is the Assistant Director Emeritus of the Diaconate for the Diocese of Winona, and is the diocesan consultant for the Courage and Encourage Apostolate and Unbound ministry in the diocese. He offers days of reflection and retreats for diaconal communities in the United States. For over 30 years he practiced clinical social work and psychotherapy before retiring in 2015.
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Category Archives: Spirituality
Diaconal Spirituality and Marriage
I wrote a post many months ago on the spirituality of the diaconate and marriage. My point was that there was a dynamic tension between the ontologic change that occurs in the deacon by virtue of his ordination and the precendential graces … Continue reading
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Quote for the Day
“‘He breathed on them,’ and in that breathing the Spirit of God brought back to life forever the heart of the whole Church.” — Eric Doyle, OFM
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Quote for the Day
“As in heaven thy will is punctually performed, so may it be done on earth by all creatures, particularly in me.” — St. Elizabeth of Hungary, SFO
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Quote for the Day
“So great is the good I have in sight, that any pain is my delight.” — St. Francis of Assisi
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Gratitude, Grace and Healing
This morning, at 6:30 am, I was asked by the celebrant of the Mass to offer the homily right before we were leaving the sacristy. It is at moments like that the grace of Orders takes over (in response to … Continue reading
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Quote for the Day
“One ‘Glory Be’ said in adversity is worth more than a thousand thanksgivings in times of success.” — Blessed Mother Mary Angela Truszkowska, SFO
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Quote for the Day
“What is religion? Ah! The science of Heaven come down to Earth: the science of our happy dependence on God and one another, the science whereby Almightly God makes men like to Himself.” — Venerable Solanus Casey, OFM Cap.
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Quote for the Day
“Let us begin to do good, for as yet we have done little.” — St. Francis of Assisi
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Quote for the Day
“Each of us know his or her own wolf: fear, envy, impatience, greed, doubt, laziness, apathy. Only when we greet our own ‘Wolves’ with the sign of the cross, and bid them the Lord’s peace, can we be agents of … Continue reading
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What About the Joy?
One of my readers put the question to me in my last posting about diaconal suffering, “Is there not joy?” Joy is one of those human experiences that often gets confused with pleasure. Somehow in the minds of many, you … Continue reading
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“We Sang You a Dirge and You Did Not Weep. We Played You a Flute and You Did Not Dance!”
Today’s Gospel reading from Luke is one of those unusual head scratchers. “What is the message here?” we ask. I like to think that Jesus, in reciting what must have been an idiom to the Jews of the time, was … Continue reading
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Diaconal Suffering
A good meditation for deacons on suffering is to place yourself next to St. Stephen as we find him in the Scriptures. In a nearby church in the apse over the sanctuary is a fresco of the martyrdom of St. … Continue reading
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Our Lady of Sorrows and Diaconal Suffering
Today’s memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows — that is our Lady’s spiritual martyrdom, as St. Bernard writes — brings back to mind a theme I have been pondering for many months. The deacon’s relationship with suffering seems central to … Continue reading
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Quote for the Day
“Human persons and human community take on divine resemblance to the degree that they are perfected. This perfection results from living in the source of life and reality, the Trinity.” — Joseph Schwab, OFM
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The Law and Life
Our Gospel readings at daily Mass the past week and a half have been an intense series of confrontations rendered by Jesus. The first part of last week, Jesus confronts demons and casts them out of people. Then he turns … Continue reading
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