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Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Today’s readings Caiaphas had no idea how prophetic his words were. Actually, as far as the intent of his words went, they were nothing but selfish. The Jews didn’t want to lose their standing with the Romans. As it was, they had an uneasy peace. The Romans pretty much let them practice their religion as…
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Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Today’s readings The story is quickly coming to its climax. Jesus’ claims of divinity are really starting to rile the Jews. They have placed their hope in Abraham and the prophets – great men to be sure – but seem to have forgotten about the promise of a Messiah, and so they totally miss the…
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Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Today’s readings Susanna’s story is one of the most eloquent in the Old Testament Scriptures, in it we see the wisdom of the prophet Daniel, as well as the mercy and justice of God. I think when we hear it, we can’t but help think of yesterday’s Gospel reading about the acquittal of the woman…
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The Fifth Sunday of Lent
Today’s readings Back in the sixth century before the birth of Christ, the Israelites were in a bad way. They had been separated from their God by sin: against God’s commands, they had betrayed their covenant with the Lord and made foreign alliances, which he had forbidden them to do. He forbade this because he…
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The Word from Father Pat: Saint Patrick’s Day
Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ when I arise, Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth…
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Holy Hour for Families
Readings: Joshua 24:14-18; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; Matthew 12:46-50 I always say that I don’t know how my mother would react if I pretended not to know her when she came to visit. But that’s not actually true. I am pretty sure that I do know how she would react, and I don’t think it would…
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Today’s readings What an incredible privilege to gather today to pray for our new Holy Father, Pope Francis! These have been historic days, and I am sure we have all felt the movement of the Holy Spirit on all those involved, from Pope Emeritus Benedict, humbly retiring so that the Church could be led with…
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Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Today’s readings At the heart of our practice of prayer has to be trust in God. We don’t – or shouldn’t – need signs to convince us of God’s love and care for us. But don’t we do that all the time? Aren’t we just like those Galileans looking for a sign? We might be…
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Fourth Sunday of Lent/Second Scrutiny [Cycle A Readings]
Today’s readings The theme for this week’s liturgy is vision and light. The gospel gets at that pretty quickly, healing the man born blind in the first couple of minutes of what is admittedly a pretty long reading. And that’s a good thing because, honestly, who cares about the man born blind? I know that…
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Saturday of the Third Week of Lent
Today’s readings “O God, be merciful to me, a sinner.” These are perhaps the most important words of the spiritual life, uttered today by the repentant tax collector in the temple area. These words are so important, actually, that they form the basis of one of the most ancient acts of contrition that we have,…
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