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A reflection on the daily Mass readings for Thursday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time (June 23, 2016) 2nd Kings 24:8-17Psalm 79The Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew 7:21-29 When I was four years old my dad was electrocuted in the coal mines.   His heart stopped for aContinue Reading

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In Today’s Gospel we see one of the most beautiful phrases in Sacred Scripture, at least in my humble opinion: Jesus, looking at him, loved him.  Oh how that should resound in our hearts and our souls as we think of Jesus doing the same for us.  Here is thisContinue Reading

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Illustration of Lazarus at the rich man’s gate by Fyodor Bronnikov, 1886. In tomorrow’s Gospel we see the familiar passage in which Jesus speaks a parable about Lazarus and the rich man.  He tells the Pharisees in his presence about these two men and how they lived their earthly life.Continue Reading

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Tomorrow is Christmas Eve.  It’s a time of celebration, a time of great joy, and yet here I am at one A.M. in the morning having very somber thoughts.  I want to share those with you if you will bear with me.  I intended to write something uplifting, something joyfulContinue Reading

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Back when my daughter was much younger she stayed at home with me during the day.  We would work on learning the things she needed to know for school.  My mother had bought us these wonderful little math and reading flash cards and we would use those.  We would alsoContinue Reading

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Be vigilant!   That is our message from today’s Gospel.  As we enter the season of Advent, we see more of that Apocalyptic literature that reminds us to be ever ready and watchful for the return of our Lord, Jesus Christ.  It exhorts us to continue working towards that perfection, thatContinue Reading

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Today’s readings are quite intense.  Since we are less than a day away from Advent it would be expected that the intensity grows, and so it does!  We see all these strong apocalyptic images of great beasts rising up and devouring, and then falling away to the next beast.  WhatContinue Reading