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Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
Nov 04, 2018
| grace, love, love of God, Mass readings, reflection
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Readings:1st Reading: Deuteronomy 6:26Resp.: Psalm 18:23, 34, 47, 512nd Reading: Hebrews 7:2328Gospel: Mark 12:28b34 Today's readings are very easy to understand. We know what we are being told but how do we do it? People tell us to be nice, to be good, or to love. What exactly is meant by this? Does being nice mean that I should
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Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Oct 02, 2018
| choosing God, faith, God's Kingdom, Gospel, grace, heaven, homily, Jesus, reflection, Scripture
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Readings:1st Reading: Numbers 11:25-29Resp.: Psalm 19:8, 10, 12-13, 14 (9a)2nd Reading: James 5:1-6Gospel: Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 This Sunday's readings remind us that we live for the next world, not for this one. What does it matter if we don't have things in our lives the way we would prefer? If we suffer these losses for the sake of God's Kingdom, that is,
Fifth Sunday of Easter
May 07, 2018
| changes, discernment, Easter, following Jesus, grace, meditation, suffering
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Readings:1st Reading: Acts 9:26-31Resp.: Psalm 22:26-27, 28, 30, 31-32 (26a) 2nd Reading: 1 John 3:18-24Gospel: John 15: 18There are times that I've asked – why are we doing things this way? And the usual answer was because we've always done it this way. There are at least two responses to that: if its working, lets continue but if we can do better, we need
Fourth Sunday of Lent 'B'
Mar 11, 2018
| Exodus, faith, God's faithful love, grace, Jesus, Judeo-Christian tradition, Laetare Sunday, Lent, Life, light, Paschal Mystery, salvation history, truth
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An Aesthetic Moment, A Moment of Grace
Recently, while on the road shopping for groceries, I happened to be listening to a classical music station on the radio. Before the next featured piece was broadcast, a piece for violin, it was announced that this piece the violinist—a woman with the last name of Marcovici—was about to play was a piece originally written for a movie, I’ve
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