Well this morning, I received a marvelous letter! As I continue thinking about this letter, I recognize the brilliance. The key to it was its honesty. This is something that everyone must work on. Honesty is something that is so very hard for each and every one of us to do. The allusion that was […]
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Saturday 6th week of Easter We meet today Apollos. Apparently he was a fantastic speaker and made a great case for Christ to the people he spoke to. However, he did not have all of the information. He knew of Baptism but only the Baptism of John… not the Baptism which we are all familiar
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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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We hear all about Discipleship. many will focus on specific verses from Scripture and teach all about that. Teaching is a marvelous thing to do.. but the word disciple doesn’t have anything to do with teaching. It is for us to listen. And to listen to the one who actually is teaching us. It is
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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
Words They have such great meaning. If I say something like a gentle breeze… 3 words but in your minds you have so much more in remembering an experience or imagining an event. We remember yesterday that Jesus has just used words to describe the Eucharist. There was nothing for the people to do with
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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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You know we are all nervous the first time we do something. Thursday evening was no different for me..From the outside everything looks like it went off without a hitch and that is good. Those doing the Mass know what is supposed to happen at a given point. Mass of the Lord’s Supper It is
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In the Catholic Lectionary we cycle through the various readings every 3 years, in this way we pretty much read through the vast majority of the Bible in those three years., Lenten readings do the same, though since the theme is so familiar, it might sound the same. This allows each of us to grow
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5th Saturday in Lent 04/13/2019 Introduction So today both the Old Testament reading as well as the Gospel speak of the in-gathering of the dispersed children of God. After the various exiles and invasions, the people of Israel were actually spread throughout the world In Ezekiel God proclaims that he will take the children of
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