homilies pertaining to a specific week
We are taught to love the other as ourselves. How does this translate in our relationships with those with mental health issues. The same way as it does for everyone. The individual is given ourselves. February brings us to the final fleeting of winter and the new beginnings of life in Spring. Valentine’s day is […]
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As Catholics we put a lot of time effort and teaching about the Mass. The Second Vatican Council called the Mass the Source and Summit of everything we have. We give our best at every mass. The priests and deacons wear the best clothes the best vestments and bring with them their best selves. The
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30th Sunday in Ordinary Time10-25-2020 Today we have to go back into the annals of time. A wonderful time when God spoke to Moses and gave us His teachings on his desire for mankind. The people had escaped Egypt and were to be on their own. Like each of us as we have left our
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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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Readings for Feast of the Holy Family 12-29-2019 http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/122919.cfm The work that we see being done by Joseph and Mary today are incredible. As you all know it takes quite a bit of effort to keep a family going. But we have to see the overarching theme that is highlighted by the “infancy narratives” Sounds
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December 28, 2019 Feast of the Holy Innocents Readings: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/122819.cfm A Loss of a child is a very difficult event to have happen. Be it a death due to an accident, surgery gone wrong or a miscarriage. I have quite a number of brothers and sisters that I never got a chance to meet. I
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It is our Fourth Sunday in Advent… and the coming of our Lord and Savior is very close. As events come along we all look forward to the coming of big and exciting things. As we get to this reading, the furthest away Christmas can be is 6 days. This year it is 3… So
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Second Sunday of Advent – A December 8, 2019 The readings for the 2nd Sunday of Advent can be found here: John the Baptist Prepared us for Jesus John was a very calm man to talk to wasn’t he? I guess I see his point though… He certainly knew what happened at the Temple. His
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Today’s Readings can be found at the USCCB website: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/120719.cfm 78 Years ago today Well, I certainly cannot let this day pass without a remembrance to those 2,403 Americans who lost their lives as well as the 1,143 people wounded in the Pearl Harbor. This attack on America took place 78 years ago on this
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A Bit of History The Solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, commonly referred to as the Feast of Christ the King or Christ the King Sunday, is a relatively recent addition to the Western liturgical calendar, having been instituted in 1925 by Pope Pius XI for the Roman Catholic Church. In 1970 its Roman Catholic observance was moved to the final Sunday of Ordinary
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