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Bread of Angels – Now Bread of men
Corpus Christi 2017 Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal...
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Faith Will Set Us Free From Fear
12TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME St. Thomas More has long had a special place in my personal devotions. He was such a great example of a Catholic layman who was a very holy man while living his life in the...
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The Little Ones and the Intellctuals
14th Sunday of ordinary Time “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to little ones.” One...
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Lesson from the Sower of the Seed
15th Sunday of Ordinary Time Just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down and do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful …so shall my word be that...
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Of Weeds and Wheat – The Finality of the Last Judgment
16th Sunday of the Year One of the more challenging tasks for anyone like me who doesn’t know much about plants and gardening is to be asked to pull weeds. The difficulty is that for us non-gardener...
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Wiser than Solomon
17th Sunday of the Ordinary Time Give your servant, therefore, an understanding heart to judge your people and to distinguish right from wrong. For who is able to govern this vast people of yours?” [ I...
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Christ Transfigures Us
The Transfiguration Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother, John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them; His face shone like the sun and His clothes...
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A Woman of faith and the Woman of Faith
Memorial of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Then Jesus said to her in reply, “O woman, great is your faith!” (Matt. 15:28) How fascinating is this line from today’s gospel. Jesus is always...
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19th Sunday of ordinary Time “Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught Peter, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” There have been a lot of bad jokes made about...
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The Body as Temple of God
Solemnity of the Assumption God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple. [Rev. 11:19A] One of the favorite subjects of medieval and renaissance art was...
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That Marvelous Pagan Woman
20th Sunday of Ordinary Time “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.” Is, 56:7 There are numerous passages already in the Old Testament that point to the universal call to...
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Peter’s Supreme Authority a Gift for the Church’ Unity
21st Sunday of the Year Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments and how unsearchable his ways! On this Sunday we will hear the famous “Keys to the...
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Thinking Unlike the World
22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time I urge you, brothers and sisters, Do not conform yourselves to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern...
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The Watchman – Parents also
23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time The theme of the watchman is quite prominent in both the first reading and Gospel today, and this certainly presents a challenge for everyone in a position of...
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Vengeance and Forgiveness
24th Sunday of Ordinary Time Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus was truly the greatest of...
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25th Sunday of ordinary Time For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD. As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways and my...
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Rendering unto God what is God’s: The Reasonable Service of Worship
29th Sunday of ordinary Time “Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” Mt. 22:21 Even His enemies were forced at times to publicly recognize the greatness of Jesus,...
View ArticleAdvent – Longing for Paradise
1st Sunday of Advent Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, with the mountains quaking before you, while you wrought awesome deeds we could not hope for, such as they had not heard of from...
View ArticleThe Beginning of the New Creation – Mary’s Immculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception of Mary All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation by our God. Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands; break into song; sing praise. (Psalm 98) Today the universal...
View ArticleThe Second Coming – A New Heavens and a New Earth
The Second Sunday of Advent But according to his promise we await new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. Therefore, beloved, since you await these things, be eager to be found...
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