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Monday of the First Week of Lent
Today’s readings Be holy, for I, the LORD, your God, am holy. People often balk at the mere suggestion of being called to personal holiness. Oftentimes, this is wrapped up in a kind of misplaced and false humility; that kind of humility that says that I’m no good; there is no way I can even…
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Saturday after Ash Wednesday
Today’s readings “Those who are healthy do not need a physician, but the sick do.” This past Sunday, I was coming down with the upper respiratory infection I now am getting over. It really came on suddenly, with a vengeance, and I was thinking last weekend if I took care of myself it would all…
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Ash Wednesday
Today’s readings Back when I was in seminary, I was a fire chaplain for one of the local fire departments. On Wednesdays, we only had one class, and since it was Ash Wednesday and our teacher was a pastor of a parish, he was obviously busy, so we had the whole day free. I went…
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Saint Scholastica, Virgin
Today we celebrate the memorial of Saint Scholastica, who is known as the sister of Saint Benedict. Some traditions speak of them as twins. Pope Saint Gregory the Great tells us that Benedict ruled over both monks and nuns, and it seems as if Saint Scholastica was the prioress of the nuns. So what we…
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Thursday of the Fifth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings The women in today’s Liturgy of the Word give us contrasting views of the spiritual life. In our first reading, the women give us the example of what not to do. Solomon, known for his wisdom and dedication to God by building the temple, is soon seduced by the foreign women he had…
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Saint Agatha, Virgin Martyr
Today’s readings Historically speaking, we know almost nothing about Saint Agatha other than the fact that she was martyred in Sicily during the persecution of Decius in the third century. Legend has it that Agatha was arrested as a Christian, tortured and sent to a house of prostitution to be mistreated. She was preserved from…
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The Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings The reality of suffering is something of a mystery for us. Today we hear it in our first reading: Job, the innocent man, has been the victim of Satan’s testing: he has lost his family and riches, and has been afflicted physically. His friends have gathered around and given him all the stock…
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Monday of the Fourth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings We could look at today’s Gospel reading as an interesting miracle story of Jesus casting a demon out of a long-possessed man. But I think we should dig a little deeper than that this morning. Because many of us, I think, have to tangle with the unclean spirits from the tombs that infest…
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The Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Heaven knows there are a lot of experts out there, or at least people who claim to be experts. That’s why blogs and comments posted on news stories and Facebook are so popular: everyone claims to know something about everything. Or at least it sure seems that way. Certainly, it should give us…
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Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops
Today’s readings The sign of a good leader is her or his ability to perpetuate their activity. A good corporate leader is future-minded, and lays the groundwork for his successor to carry the company forward. A good parent raises children that can be set free one day to be successful and prudent in life, extending…
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