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As Advent Yields to Christmas
4th Sunday of Advent The turmoil of this world can present a serious obstacle to the celebration of the coming feast of Christmas, especially for those who are most directly suffering the evils...
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Feast of the Gentiles
Epiphany 2014 “and going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and...
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The Baptism of of the Lord Jesus Christ
And a voice came from heaven, “This is my beloved Son; with whom I am well pleased.” The Baptism of the Lord Jesus brings the great celebrations of Christmas and Epiphany to their conclusion. The...
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Faith alone Recognizes Christ in Others
2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time ‘A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.’ I did not know him, but the reason why I came baptizing with water was that he might be made...
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The Light of Life
3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. On those who inhabit a land overshadowed by death, light has arisen. Mt. 4:16 How often do we reflect on...
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God’s Grace is a Torrent Coming from Christ
4th Tuesday of Lent “The impious have multiplied beyond all number; they can no longer be counted. But your true disciples, O my Savior, how rare are they, how scattered throughout the earth, and even...
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The Light that trasforms life into Life
Feast of the Presentation ….for mine eyes have seen thy salvation which thou hast prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to...
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Resurrection to Life or to Condemnation
5th Sunday of Lent Thus says the LORD GOD: O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them….. Ez. 37:12 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, let us put the same question to ourselves...
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Reflections on Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday 2014 Some years ago I was privileged to lead a group of pilgrims to the Holy land, and I had the thrill of walking down the very road that Jesus must have ridden down on the donkey, when...
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Holy Thursday Reflections
Holy Thursday 2014 “Jesus, fully aware that he had come from God and was going to God, The Father who had handed everything over to him, rose from the table and took off his cloak … and began to wash...
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Meditation on Good Friday
Good Friday 2014 After Jesus had spoken these words, he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify...
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Easter: Victory of Our Warrior God
Easter 2014 The Lord your God is in your Midst, a warrior who gives victory He will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love. (Zeph. 3:17) These words are taken from the Prophet...
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Our Witness to the Resurrection
2nd Sunday of Easter “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy gave us a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an...
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Our Road to Emmaus
3rd Sunday of Easter With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight. The great English writer G. K. Chesterton was asked by a reporter what he would do if...
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The Good Shepherd – Divine Life in Human Mode
4th Sunday of Easter “A thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly.” On this fourth Sunday of Easter every year we listen to...
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Eucharist: the Medicine for the Flesh of Man
Thursday 3rd week of Easter The Eucharist is not only the food of immortality but also the medicine of the fallen flesh. The Ethiopian eunuch was brought to Christ through the evangelization of the...
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The Life that’s in us
5th Sunday of Easter I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through me. (John 14:4) In the history of the human race, I believe it’s safe to say, there has never...
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He Does Not Leave Us Orphans
6th Sunday of Easter 2011 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.. One the most common religious experiences of people today, especially in the so-called first world, the more affluent...
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Our Destiny in Christ – to Ascend with Him
The Ascension of Christ Jesus … that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, .. [Eph. 1:18] In his Letter to the...
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Pentecost – Dawn of the New World
Pentecost 2014 “As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose...
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