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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Today’s Reading Sunday November 10, 2019 http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/111019.cfm A number of years ago there was a science class of 7th or 8th graders. The teacher held up a picture and told the students to write down exactly what they saw. After a bit the teacher asked the students what they saw… One student got up and
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Romans 8: 1 – 11 This Chapter is so very full of conclusions and deep powerful Theology. There is no way that I could make even the smallest dent in a 5 minute homily. I used for much of my source the magnificent knowledge of Anglican Bishop N.T. Wright. While there are some differences between
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Readings for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time. http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/102019.cfm Okay I guess I can give some advice to you all… If you ever have a chance to say yes or no to a judge like this… Say no… It just is not worth it. If aa man says that he does not fear God He
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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Today is a very special day for me. It is the Feast of the Archangels. It is also the anniversary of my ordination as a Deacon. So I wish to give congratulations with the 13 others that were ordained last year along with the 4 others who began our journey together in 2013. Including Ministry
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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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