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Why the Better Portion?
16th Sunday of the Year “Mary has chosen the better portion.” There are times in the Gospels, at least for some of us, when our immediate reaction to an event or a parable is quite the opposite of...
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Trust Me
17th Sunday of Ordinary Time “And I tell you, ask and you will receive;seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” One of the catch phrases we often hear today is “trust...
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Vanity of Vanities
18th Sunday of Ordinary Time Recent studies of violent youth gangs in our country reveal that a vast majority of these youths come from homes where one parent, usually the father, is permanently...
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Do Not Live in Fear
19th Sunday of Ordinary Time Do not live in fear little flock – it has pleased the Father to give you the Kingdom. In the third chapter of St. John’s Gospel, The evangelist tells us that Jesus...
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Mary our Hope in This Life
The Assumption of Mary May he enlighten your innermost vision that you may know the great hope to which he has called you, the wealth of his glorious heritage to be distributed among the members of the...
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Shedding Blood Today
20th Sunday of Ordinary Time In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood… (Heb. 12:4) How many Christians in our day are, in fact, shedding their very...
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Presumption and the Narrow Gate
21st Sunday of the Year (C) Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough. Luke 13:24 One of the livelier discussions I still...
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Divine Humility Made Human
22nd Sunday of the Year C My child, conduct your affairs with humility, and you will be loved more than a giver of gifts. Humble yourself the more, the greater you are, and you will find favor with...
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Radical Christan Commitment
23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time © For what man knows God’s Counsel, or who can conceive what the Lord Intends… scarce do we guess the things on earth … but when things are in Heaven, who can search them...
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PRODIGALS AND THE FATHER’S LOVE
24th Sunday of Ordinary Time Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Of these I am the foremost. But for that reason I was mercifully treated, so that in me, as the foremost, Christ Jesus...
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Becoming Rich – in God’s Kingdom
26th Sunday of Ordinary Time 2010 Woe to the complacent in Zion! Lying upon beds of ivory… they drink wine from bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils … they shall be the first to go into...
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Defending Life is Respect for Life
27th Sunday 2013 Respect Life Sunday For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather of power and love and self-control. So do not be ashamed of your testimony to the Lord. (2...
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Faith, Gratitude and Salvation
28th Sunday of the Year But the word of God is not chained. (2 Tim 2:9) Who can chain the word of God? No one, not even Satan has such power. God’s word is all-powerful because God’s Word is God. It...
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Humility – the Inner Form of Prayer
30th Sunday of the Year The prayer of the lowly pierces the clouds; it does not rest till it reaches its goal (Sir. 35:17) What are the most important qualities of prayer taught by Jesus? We know that...
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The Will to be a Saint
All Saints Day 2013 Leon Bloy, a French Catholic writer once said to a friend that the only real tragedy in life is not to become a saint. Bloy was someone quite unusual in his generation in France....
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The Power of Mercy
31st Sunday of the Year “Today salvation has come to this house … For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost.” The most perfect of all prayers is unquestionably the Lord’s Prayer...
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No Marriage but Total Fufillment in Heaven
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time You accursed fiend, you are depriving us of this present life, but the King of the world will raise us up to live again forever. 2 Macc. 7:9 One of the great dividing...
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Christ’s Kingship and Earthly Powers
The one like a Son of man received dominion, glory, and kingship; all peoples, nations, and languages serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not be taken away, his kingship shall...
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Repent is the permanent demand for Christians
2nd Sunday of Advent For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope. Romans 15:4 The...
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The Challenge to Faith
3rd Sunday of Advent Be strong, fear not! Here is your God, he comes with vindication; with divine recompense; he comes to save you. The challenge to the faith of the chosen people caused by their...
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