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July 9, 2017 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 100 ZEC 9:9-10 PS 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13-14 ROM 8:9, 11-13 MT 11:25-30 I have just returned with my fellow pilgrims from a three day Ignatian silent retreat in Saint Louis.   There is something amazing about avoiding using your voice toContinue Reading

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June 30, 2017 Lectionary: 375 GN 17:1, 9-10, 15-22 PS 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 MT 8:1-4 Our culture seems to be obsessed with the living dead.  We are bombarded with media that include sparkling vampires, lovable ogres, and even battles with the “Walking Dead.”   I can’t help but wonder if partContinue Reading

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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 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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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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Wednesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 355 TB 3:1-11A, 16-17A PS 25:2-3, 4-5AB, 6 AND 7BC, 8-9 MK 12:18-27 One of the things we must keep in mind as an evangelist is our audience.   When speaking to a man who only knows farming, one would not speakContinue Reading

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Tobit is a powerful reminder of the need of the faithful to remain in fidelity to the covenant.  Here we see a man who has already lost his livelihood for his continued obedience to the Traditions of worship as set forth in Jerusalem.   Tobit refuses to take on theContinue Reading