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Thursday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 3622 COR 3:15—4:1, 3-6PS 85:9AB AND 10, 11-12, 13-14MT 5:20-26 There is beauty and a depth to the Sacred Scripture that is often missed by those who read it casually.  For many, it is because they read it as if it were dictatedContinue Reading

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June 14, 2017: Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 361 2 COR 3:4-11 PS 99:5, 6, 7, 8, 9 MT 5:17-19 Today is June 14th.   That means it’s my 40th birthday.  It’s also Flag Day.   One of the least noticed holidays in our country.   If we justContinue Reading

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Memorial of Saint Anthony of Padua, Priest, and Doctor of the ChurchLectionary: 3602 COR 1:18-22PS 119:129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135MT 5:13-16 I try to avoid watching the news as much these days.  Our national media machine seems to simply be aiming for shock, awe, and fear; rather than truthContinue Reading

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June 12, 2017: Monday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 3592 COR1:1-7PS 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9MT 5:1-12 Why do things have to be hard?  I was speaking to someone on the phone just yesterday about life.   That was the question she posed to me.   Why can’t someContinue Reading

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June 11th, 2017: The Solemnity of the Most Holy TrinityLectionary: 164EX 34:4B-6, 8-9DN 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 52 COR 13:11-13JN 3:16-18 It’s difficult for some people to wrap their mind around the love that God has for us because of the image of the parent.  For those whose parents areContinue Reading

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Friday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary TimeLectionary: 357 TB 11:5-17PS 146:1B-2, 6C-7, 8-9A, 9BC-10MK 12:35-37 Here today we see the homecoming of Tobiah to Nineveh in which he brings not only the cure for Tobit’s blindness but also his new wife.   Tobit has been in darkness, blinded byContinue Reading

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Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 356 TB 6:10-11; 7:1BCDE, 9-17; 8:4-9A PS 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 MK 12:28-34 When Julie and I first got married I had no idea what a Sacrament was.   Growing up in the mountains of Virginia I had never heard that word usedContinue Reading