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Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor
Today’s readings: Isaiah 66:10-14; Psalm 131; Matthew 18:1-4 Today’s saint St. Thérèse knew well the instruction of today’s Gospel reading: “Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest of the kingdom of heaven.” St. Thérèse had a child-like faith, child-like, that is, in her trusting obedience to God’s will, even in the smallest of…
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Ss. Raphael, Michael and Gabriel
Today’s readings: Tobit 5, Tobit 12, Revelation 12:7-12, Matthew 1:18-25 Celebrated in our parish church as a Solemnity today. This is very similar to the homily I gave to the school children last year on the Solemnity, amended a bit in order to speak to the wider audience of a morning Mass. We’re all very…
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Vigil of Ss. Raphael, Michael and Gabriel
Today’s readings: Tobit 5, Tobit 12, Revelation 12:7-12, Matthew 1:18-25 Today’s feast: Vigil of Ss. Raphael, Michael and Gabriel [Vigil Mass Celebrated for the School Children] What is a hero? The dictionary tells us that heroes are people of great courage or ability, admired for their brave deeds and noble qualities. They are people who…
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Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Today’s Gospel reminds me of a sound bite for the evening news. Taken out of context, Jesus is denying his family. And not only that, but Jesus now has “brothers,” so what happened to the doctrine of the perpetual virginity of Mary? Sound bites cause nothing but trouble because you don’t have the…
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St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Today’s readings How wonderful for us to celebrate the feast of St. Matthew. Because Matthew was qualified to be a disciple of Jesus in much the same way that we are qualified to be disciples of Jesus-which is to say, not at all. Matthew was a tax collector, working for the Roman occupation government. His…
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Ss. Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang & Companions, Martyrs
Today’s readings Korea was introduced to Christianity in the late 1500s when some Koreans were baptized, probably by Christian Japanese soldiers who invaded Korea at that time. It was not until the late 1700s that a priest managed to sneak into Korea, and when he did, he found about 4000 Catholics, none of whom had…
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Wisdom Has Built Her House
Readings: Proverbs 9:1-6, 11, 10; Romans 11:33-36; Mark 6:1-6 A lecture presented to the CREEDS Scripture Study group, kicking off their study of Wisdom Literature and the Chronicler. I. What is Wisdom Literature? You’ll be treated this year in CREEDS to an introduction to Hebrew Wisdom Literature of the Old Testament. Wisdom literature is a…
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Tuesday of the Twenty-fourth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings The little instruction of St. Paul to Timothy about bishops, women and deacons seems quaint. And it’s sure a relief to me because he doesn’t mention priests! Actually, he doesn’t mention priests because they were of course a later development. You can even see how the office of bishop has changed over time,…
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