On Wednesday there was a very interesting Gospel message from the Gospel of Mark. We might call it the Gospel of Wisdom On one hand the description was that Jesus spoke wisely. What kind of Wisdom has been given him the people acclaimed? They were astonished. Now the people had come there to hear Jesus teach… […]
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As we think back John the Baptist seems to be what advent is. He is there telling us to straighten our ways. John calls to us to live the life that is holy and joyous. He can be intimidating as he showed last week with the Pharisee and Sadducees. So the range surmised seems like a
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The prophet John the Baptist can be a scary person, but only becauze he loves everyone so much. It is only because of his love that he challenges us to be just like Christ.
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How many times in my life did I say no to my father…? Probably once…. And the joy of learning was applied to my backside. And of course I said yes after that. But we look at the individual readings today they can each lead to confusion. In Jerusalem there were two types of people
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One of the best known of the parables many try to tie down God. I believe in you , but I need some sort of sign. Numerous times Jesus says there will not be a sign, yet we continually ask for it. Jesus continually tells us that God/He is in charge. Human beings really don’t
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IN today’s Gospel a servant would not show mercy to another human being, even though he received mercy from his Master. The Master finds out about it and takes everything away from the servant. How do we feel about this? Glee? Happiness? The evil one got what is coming to him? How do we account
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Happy 4th of July Weekend. We are celebrating our Independence Day .. but just how independent are we? Jesus claims his yoke to be easy this weekend, but easy compare to what? And for whom? Come to me all you who labor and are burdened… So who is it, that Jesus is talking to? Is
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Today’s Gospel reading is from Matthew 5. Which means of course we have reached the Beatitudes. Jesus speaks to the crowds about who we should love Jesus here is getting to the root of an issue. And one we seem to continue looking at today. And has raised it heads very severely. He wants each
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Wednesday 6th Week of Easter Reading: Acts 17:15, 22-18:1 Good day today is Wednesday of the 6th week of Easter. We must be getting close to the Ascension and Pentecost. The reading I want to focus on today is form the 17th Chapter of Acts of the Apostles. At this point in Acts the letter
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Good Morning it is Monday of Holy Week!! Amazing that this week is here. The readings for today are Isiah 42; Psalm 27; and our Gospel is John 12. The next few days, our Gospel readings focus on the betrayal of Jesus. Today we get a glimpse of where Judas’ true heart is looking at.
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