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It’s difficult in today’s modern world to hear the voice of God through the cacophony of sound and information we are constantly bombarded with.  In today’s first reading, we see the Jewish response recorded by the Prophet Baruch.  As I read it, I can almost hear the crying voice ofContinue Reading

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A local community got assigned a new priest who they had heard was quite long-winded.   One of the more boisterous men said to him before the first homily, “Now Pastor, we are used to a 10-minute homily.  Try to keep it to that.”  The Priest got up and spoke forContinue Reading

This is a picture of a statue representing an angel. She is holding some blue flowers in her left hand. Is depicted with flowing locks of hair, wings, and her robe has fallen delicately from her right shoulder to rest on her arm.

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What does it mean to be like a child?  Most of us long for simpler times in our lives.  For the first couple of decades, we rush to get out on our own.  Wanting to make our mark on the world and prove ourselves to our parents, we charge headlongContinue Reading

The image shows an animated drawing of the scene from today's Gospel, in which James and John ask Jesus if he would like them to call down fire from heaven to consume the Samaritans.

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In the time of the Prophet Zechariah, the author of today’s first reading, Jerusalem had become a ghost town.  The temple was gone, the people in exile, and the future not looking too cheery.  God gives them a vision of the future though in which not only is Jerusalem restoredContinue Reading

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I’ve been exploring chant tones for the liturgy of the hours recently in an effort to understand better how to read them, and maybe even to learn to chant them a bit on my own (much to my neighbor’s dismay I’m sure.)  This morning I noticed an article posted aboutContinue Reading

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For example, women are often told by their providers that during the 1st trimester their babies are only “tissue” or “the products of conception.” That is when the vast majority (80%!) of miscarriages happen. I am only one of the countless women who have been told the same thing. ManyContinue Reading

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Today’s first reading reminds me of a scene from the book the hunger games, in which people gathered around tables eating and drinking their fill.   The reader and the character whose view you had adopted was appalled to learn that they had developed a system of drinks to make themContinue Reading