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June 23, 2017Solemnity of Most Sacred Heart of JesusLectionary: 170DT 7:6-11PS 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 101 JN 4:7-16MT 11:25-30 Just a few days ago my wife and I were sitting in the garage enjoying the evening air as the sun was beginning to set.   We started listening to theContinue Reading

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June 22, 2017Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 3682 COR 11:1-11PS 111:1B-2, 3-4, 7-8MT 6:7-15 I like buffets.  My all time high weight of almost 400 lbs really showed that on the outside.   For years when my family would ask where I wanted to eat, my mainContinue Reading

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June 21, 2017Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, ReligiousLectionary: 3672 COR 9:6-11PS 112:1BC-2, 3-4, 9MT 6:1-6, 16-18 Growing up I was taught that “tradition” was a bad thing.   In fact, one of the Churches I went too prided itself on the fact it never did the worship service in theContinue Reading

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June 20th, 2017Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 3662 COR 8:1-9PS 146:2, 5-6AB, 6C- 7, 8-9AMT 5:43-48 If you turn on the news today, you’ll find many young men and women who have everything they could ever want materially.   Through their natural, God-given skills they have createdContinue Reading

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June 19, 2017Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 3652 COR 6:1-10PS 98:1, 2B, 3AB, 3CD-4MT 5:38-42 One of the hardest lessons to learn is that in order for things to change one person in a conflict has to be the adult and stop the cycle.  Paul today talksContinue Reading

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June 18, 2017Solemnity of the Body and Blood of ChristLectionary: 167DT 8:2-3, 14B-16APS 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-201 COR 10:16-17JN 6:51-58 Growing up I didn’t know about the Eucharist.  What I did know is that Jesus had promised that greater miracles were coming and that if we asked we would receive it.Continue Reading

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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