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A story of a good
man with the
drive to bring more good through
the world, highly recommended!
Where there is a need for faith, he met that need. "Reiser's Ramblings:
A Collection of Columns by the Founding Pastor of Epiphany Parish in
Coon Rapids, Minnesota" is a collection of thoughts from Bernard Reiser
as he recollects his own journey forward, founding a parish in a
growing Minnesota town and traveling the world to spread goodwill and
faith to those around the world. Working with victims of poverty and
disaster in Haiti, "Reiser's Ramblings" is a story of a good man with
the drive to bring more good through the world, highly recommended.
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Book Cover
Artist: Mark Sanislo
It becomes clear as you page
through Reiser’s Ramblings
that Fr. Reiser
clearly loves his vocation as a priest and delights in
sharing his years of study and the fruits of his prayer
with the reader. Fr. Reiser opens up the Scripture in
familiar language, stories, and metaphors that are
accessible to the ordinary person in the pew. How uplifting
and inspiring to hear the Gospel woven with from Father’s personal life
experiences!
Father’s Gospel insights are the very best. Further, his
approach is brilliant; he teaches through storytelling, which allows
the reader to make sense of a complicated world. It
doesn’t matter if you are familiar with Fr. Reiser and his work — or
have only recently been introduced to Fr. Reiser through
“Reiser’s Ramblings” — you won't be disappointed with this lovely and
wise book.
“Reiser’s Ramblings” places Scripture in a context that moves your
heart and stirs your soul.
Read in this book a
sincere glimpse into the heart and soul
of a religious man serving the people around him; his memories from
childhood
to an inspiring account of his priestly life, which spans over 60 years
and starting in 1949.
Fr. Reiser’s real life stories evoke deep
feelings of joy and love for God. He freely shares his rewards of
being a Catholic priest. Fr Reiser allows us to intimately share with
him his personal spiritual journey. These heartfelt and inspirational
stories demonstrate the presence of God in everyday life. God touches
all of us in different ways.
To
experience God we simply need to open ourselves up to the
events and people around us. I found it refreshing to have a priest put
his trust in us by revealing himself so honestly and openly. We are
fortunate to have Fr Reiser working at God's side.
I highly recommend
this book to anyone searching for God in their daily lives. His
descriptive ramblings makes you feel like you are
sitting with him on the bench by the ocean and feeling the presence and
awesomeness of Gods power and creation.
To give faithful Catholics the
information, encouragement, and perspective they need to become an
active force for renewal in the Church and in society, working to shape
an authentically Christian culture in a secular world.
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"Spiritual Memoirs of a Catholic Priest"
These ramblings memoirs are composed of
moving, funny, and profound vignettes that
blur the line between sermon and a story.
Like a homily,
father will share a little scripture
with a story that helps readers understand
that verse and, even more, learn to live it.
“Reiser’s
Ramblings” is a
collection of the best columns written over the past three decades by
Fr. Bernard Reiser, former pastor of Epiphany Parish in Coon Rapids,
Minn. In the book, find Fr. Reiser’s take on everyday topics such as
family, kindness, gratitude, prayer, helping others, and staying
focused on what’s important in life. Fr. Reiser’s essays are rich in
symbolism, wise in understanding of human nature, and fruitful in
explicating the word of God.
Fr. Reiser brings together a wonderful collection of
“ramblings” that all of us can take home and take to heart. Father is a
master in the art of spiritual storytelling; he engages, entertains,
and challenges with undeniable hope. He has a gift and he shares it
generously in this lovely book. Included are stories with the deep
conviction that our human journey and our spiritual journey are
intrinsically linked. He shares observations that are sometimes so
wondrously obvious and visible, and he does it in a way that feels like
you’re hearing from a close friend.
All profits from
the sale of Reiser’s Ramblings go to Haitian relief
efforts sponsored by Reiser Relief Inc.
Help the needy and get
a great
keepsake of
the best columns originally written for the parishioners of the Church
of the Epiphany, Coon Rapids, MN
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Quote "It
typically was late each Sunday
before I'd have an opportunity to set down on paper my thoughts for the
columns that would become the weekly Reiser's Ramblings. Often,
it was midnight and the only sound in the rectory was the hum coming
from the refrigerator. I would sit at the kitchen table - always
with a bowl of ice cream because that is my favorite treat - and look
at the blank page. Before I'd start I'd offer this quick
prayer: "God, what will we write about this
week?"
An
inspiring and moving book compiled from some of the best and most
memorable ramblings of Fr. Reiser
 Father
offers in everyday language, explaining how to live a life of
holiness and to recognize there is good and evil in this world.
Reiser literally pulls you into a scene from his boyhood youth on the
farm and relate it to events in the world today and weave in a
Christian meaning or concept, and injects an idea that makes you ponder.
And with words of love; Father Reiser shares his trust and God and to
let the reader know there is hope for humankind and discovering that
hope can be an exciting adventure. Following Christ is full of ups and
downs and this book helps fellow believers be all that God wants them
to be on their journey with God.
Book Information
Size: 6x9x5/8
Weight: 1lb.
Pages: 268
Binding: Perfect
Bound
Published: 2010
ISBN:
978-0-615-36478-0
LCCN: 2010904474
Publisher: Reiser
Relief Inc.
Author: Fr. Bernard
Reiser
Editor: Jacqueline
Hilgert
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Artist/Illustrator: Mark
Sanislo
Retail Price: $16.95
Tax Minnesota
Residence: 7.125%
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Table of
Contents
Early Life and Key Influences
The Wonder of God’s Creation
Our Place in God’s World
Counting Our Blessings
God’s Grace at Work Within Us
All Eyes on Heaven
The Blessings of My Priesthood
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Father Reiser is a "retired"
Catholic priest, Reiser brings a seminary
degree with a major in theology and 50+ years of ordained experience to
his writing. He has volunteered his time to parishes in and around the
Twin Cities of Minnesota. Father Bernard Reiser was born in 1924
to Aloys and Ottilia Reiser, farmers living in, Medina,
Minnesota. Father Reiser was ordained to the priesthood on June 4, 1949
and was assigned to St. Mary of the Lake parish in White Bear Lake,
Minnesota. In 1964, Archbishop Leo Binz asked Father Reiser to
start a parish in the quickly-growing Minneapolis suburb of Coon Rapids
located in Anoka County. Seventy acres of farmland was acquired for the
new church, which was named Epiphany after one of the great feast days
of the Lord.
Under Father Reiser’s leadership, Epiphany grew to become one of the
largest Catholic communities in the state. In addition to a spacious
sanctuary, the Epiphany campus includes an elementary school, a
Perpetual Adoration chapel, a senior housing complex, an assisted
living facility, a cemetery, and several outdoor shrines.
In 1996, Father Reiser traveled to Haiti. “I had seen slums in China,
Egypt and Mexico City,” “he wrote. “None of them compare to the tragic
realities of the slum outside Port au Prince.” In time, Father Reiser
established Reiser Relief Inc., a non-profit organization that funds
relief and development projects in Haiti. Father Reiser is now retired
from Epiphany, but he remains actively involved in helping the world’s
poorest citizens as chairman of Reiser Relief.. "I don’t intend
to retire," he said. "As long as I can work I will. As long as you can
work why sit around gathering dust."
Book Sample
Recollections: The Pastor
and Important Early
Influences
My first memories go back to the farm where my parents, Aloys and
Ottilia Reiser, raised me, my brother, and my three sisters during the
Great Depression.
My father was a truck farmer, meaning the vegetables and meat he raised
was trucked into the Minneapolis Farmers Market for sale
every day. Farming was a difficult way to support a family during the
Great Depression yet my father never faltered in his faith that God
would provide for us. My father never said, “We’ll try” when telling us
something needed to get done. Instead, he told us, “We will!” This
lesson in perseverance was one all of his children took to heart.
The little parish we attended in Medina, Minnesota, was called Holy
Name, a small country parish of seventy families with a
parish school of about eighty students, divided into two classrooms. We
attended Holy Name through eighth grade and learned our lessons so well
that we outpaced
our public school classmates once we moved onto Wayzata High School.
It was at home on our family farm and at events in our small parish
where I developed my love for God and the Catholic faith. My parents
worked hard, fed us well, loved us and loved
each other. Never once did I hear my parents quarrel.
I was ordained in 1949 and have devoted the remainder of my life to the
faith, serving God’s people, ministering, presiding over
baptisms, marriages and funerals, lifting up the needy, helping the
poor.
Since my ordination, I have traveled around the globe, witnessed
dramatic world events, built up God’s church to the best of my ability,
and paused
once a week to jot down my thoughts on it all. In this first section, I
share some of my columns to give you an idea about the early influences
that shaped me.
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Something better is coming!
There was a woman who had been diagnosed with cancer and had been given
three months to live. Her doctor told her to start making preparations
to die (something we all should be doing all of the time), so she
contacted her pastor and had him come to her house to discuss certain
aspects of her final wishes. She told him which songs she wanted sung
at the service, what Scripture passages she would like read, and what
she wanted to be wearing. The woman also told her pastor that she
wanted to be buried with
her favorite Bible.
Everything was in order and the pastor was preparing to leave when the
woman suddenly remembered something very important to her. “There’s one
more thing,” she said excitedly. “What’s that?” came the pastor’s reply.
“This is very important,” the woman continued. “I want to be buried
with a fork in my right hand.”
The pastor stood looking at the woman not knowing quite  what to say.
“That shocks you, doesn’t it?” the woman asked.
“Well, to be honest, I’m puzzled by the request,” said the pastor.
The woman explained. “In all my years of attending church socials and
functions where food was involved, my favorite part was when whoever
was clearing away the dishes of the main course would lean over and
say, “You can keep your fork.” It was my favorite part because I knew
something better was coming.
When they told me to keep my fork, I knew that something great was
about to be given to me. It wasn’t Jell-O or pudding but cake or pie,
something with substance. So I just want people to see me there in that
casket with a fork in my hand and I want them to wonder, “What’s with
the fork?” Then I want you to tell them, “Something better is coming,
so keep your fork, too.”
The pastor’s eyes welled up with tears of joy as he hugged the woman
goodbye. He knew this would be one of the last times he would see her
before her death. But he also knew that this woman had a better grasp
of Heaven than he did. She KNEW that something better was coming.
At the funeral people were walking by the woman’s casket, they saw the
pretty dress she was wearing, her favorite Bible, and the fork placed
in her right hand. Over and over the pastor heard the question, “What’s
with the fork?” and over and over he smiled.
During his short message, the pastor told the people of the
conversation he had with the woman shortly before she died. He also
told them about the fork and what it symbolized to her. The pastor told
the people how he could not stop thinking about the fork and told them
that they probably would not be able to stop thinking about it either.
He was right.
So the next time you reach down for your fork, let it remind you, oh so
gently, that there is something better coming!
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