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June 16, 2017Friday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 3632 COR 4:7-15PS 116:10-11, 15-16, 17-18MT 5:27-32 Someone made a comment the other day about not needing to bring a sacrifice to the altar, and in a way that’s entirely true.   Jesus Christ died on the cross for us.Continue Reading

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The eldest of four is moving out today.   She ventures into the world to experience it from a different perspective.   I remember doing the same thing shortly before my eighteenth birthday, though I did not move very far away at that point.   Like my parents, I’ve triedContinue Reading

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A reflection on the daily Mass readings for Monday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time: July 11, 2016. Isaiah 1:10-17Psalm 50The Holy Gospel According to Matthew 10:34-11:1 This morning as I was reading the Mass readings for today, I was reminded of something that happened this weekend on theContinue Reading

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When we read sacred scripture, especially the writings of and about St. Paul the Apostle, we see such a transformative experience.  Here the man who once persecuted the Christians himself, pulling them into the streets and out of their homes, looking to kill them and destroy them; is coming toContinue Reading

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When I was fresh out of college money was pretty hard to come by.  To try to make ends meet five of us moved into this one trailer and pooled our monies to make things happen.  It was an interesting thing.  On the surface one would have called us aContinue Reading

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The other day I read an article about how that the current generation of children are being raised to believe that not recycling a soda can is just as bad or worse than looking at pornography.  I thought that must be complete bunk.  How could that even be possible?  SoContinue Reading

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On the sabbath they entered the synagogue and took their seats.Many Jews and worshipers who were converts to Judaismfollowed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to remain faithful to the grace of God. On the following sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of theContinue Reading