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From the Pastors Desk: Sunday, September 07, 2008
(Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time)
When others hurt you, do you confront them, reconcile with them, or just ignore them? What do we do if someone in our family goes against our beliefs? Disputes can define a person’s style: ...
From the Pastors Desk: Sunday, August 31, 2008
(Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time)
We continue with the gospel of Matthew (Matthew 16:21-27) and this episode comes right after the profession of faith by Peter, “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.” In case ...
From the Pastors Desk: Sunday, August 24, 2008
(Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time)
The scene in today’s Gospel (Matthew 16:13-17:27) tells us about the Caesarea Philippi confession. The town is at the head waters of the Jordan River and a wonderfully lush retreat for the ...
From the Pastors Desk: Sunday, August 17, 2008
(Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Sensitivity is a wonderful thing. We should be sensitive to the physical and spiritual needs of others and of our own needs as well. But, there is a dark side to sensitivity when another’s ...
From the Pastors Desk: Sunday, August 10, 2008
(Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Today’s first reading is from the book of Kings (1 Kings 19:9-13). Elijah is threatened with death by the evil queen Jezebel. Frightened and discouraged the prophet flees to Mount Horeb ...
From the Pastors Desk: Sunday, August 03, 2008
(Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Before the Catholic Church could openly worship in actual church buildings such worship took place in homes. Certainly these homes were big enough to handle a crowd and attempt to feed them as well. ...
From the Pastors Desk: Sunday, July 27, 2008
(Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
My cell phone has an appropriate tone to it. When I get a call it plays, “When the Saints Go Marching In,” and when it does I always say “and how I want to be in that number when ...
From the Pastors Desk: Sunday, July 20, 2008
(Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
This week Matthew (13:24-30) tells us about the parables Jesus told about the reign of God as a field of wheat and weeds, a mustard seed and yeast.
Father Tomas Keating in his book The Mystery ...
From the Pastors Desk: Sunday, July 13, 2008
(Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
ARISE: Together in Christ is a three-year parish-centered process of spiritual renewal and evangelization that enables people to develop a closer relationship with Christ, to grow ...
From the Pastors Desk: Sunday, July 06, 2008
(Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
We should be glad to hear the words of Jesus in today’s gospel (Mt 11:25-30), “Come to me, all you who are weary and find life burdensome, and I will refresh you.”
We may not think ...
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