Our faith and everything that surrounds this, all comes from God. Our Gifts from God I think at times we may forget this We are told quite often in homilies and teaching that all things come from God and that we are to be stewards of the gifts he gives us. We take for granted […]
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Introduction to St. Matthew Today is the feast of Saint Matthew or in a couple of Gospel’s he is called Levi.. Well I am sure by now we are used to the idea of 2 names in many of the biblical characters. So that one is fairly simple. The Jewish Levi and the Greek Matthew.
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The first words of our 1st reading today gives us a “sticky wicket” as they say. Well not including the added “Brothers and sisters”. These words appear to be added in the Liturgy to make these letters seem more personal (Before anyone asks, yes this is done in the Extra-ordinary form of the Mass as
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2019 – June 2 The Disciples had come a long way. A few weeks ago they were running afraid of anything. They were protecting themselves and after bitter disappointment tried to go back to their old ways. Jesus was having none of that. Kickstart of Belief Then they were amazed… Jesus was there resurrected. He
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I believe today’s Gospel reading is the shortest of the Gospels in the Lectionary. As is the case it has so much to speak of. So what is a sheep? and why such a focus on sheep? A Little investigative “googling” gave me the following. A sheep was one of the earliest animals that was
Over the remaining Sundays of Easter, the Church will take a brief look at the Book of Revelations. Revelations (Or Apocalypse). As a whole this book is generally misunderstood and usually misused. It is an amazing book, but must be read with the right set of eyes. the 2nd Week of Easter’s second reading comes
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It is amazing to think that we are almost completed with the first 4 weeks of Lent. I hope it has been going well for you. Hopefully you have been able to stick with the commitment you made to expand your spiritual life over these few weeks. If not it certainly is not to late.
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We started this week with the Woman at the well. Oh my the faith that we are seeing this week, in the span of a few verses she not only has a conversion she is out evangelizing. That is the purpose we each have. We are asked to remove our guilt and move forward in
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This has been a great week. The lessons that we are learning and our love of God is continuing to grow. When the weeks starts out dazzling with the Transfiguration.. one has to wonder can the week get better? Well, as I am sure you know the readings for Lent are organized and the readings
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Luke 9:28-36 Today’s Gospel is Luke’s version of the Transfiguration. One ting that always puzzled me was the curious line ‘ “Master, it is good that we are here;let us make three tents,one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”But he did not know what he was saying. Luke 9:33 But he did
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