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Faith Formation Closing Mass
Today’s readings Can you remember the first time you were called a Christian? It was at Antioch that the disciples of Jesus were first called Christians. This, of course, is after the death and resurrection of Jesus, after the disciples, including Barnabas, and apparently Paul (known to them as Saul, the name he had before his…
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Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Today’s readings “Athirst is my soul for the Living God.” The Psalmist today sums up what is going on in the entire Liturgy of the Word. In the book of Acts, we see that even the Gentiles seek salvation in Christ, and Peter learns that those God has called to holiness cannot be treated as…
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The Fourth Sunday of Easter (Good Shepherd Sunday)
Today’s readings What would you do for just five minutes of peace and quiet? If you’re a parent, maybe you’d be happy for just five seconds of peace and quiet! In these days when many of us are sheltered in place together, it can be easy to get on each other’s nerves. For those of you sheltered…
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Saint Joseph the Worker
Today’s readings Today we celebrate one of my very favorite saints, Saint Joseph. You might be thinking, didn’t we already celebrate his feast day this year? And the answer to that would be yes, absolutely! The feast – or rather the solemnity – of Saint Joseph (it’s a solemnity because he’s a very special and important saint), is…
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White Mass for Healthcare Workers
Today’s readings: Lamentations 3:17-26 | Romans 8:18-30 | Mark 16:15-20 One of the most important things I’ve ever learned about the healing ministry of the Church is summed up in one of the lines in our Gospel reading this evening: “They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” And let’s notice carefully…
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Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter
Today’s readings At our core, we all want peace and security in our lives. We don’t want rough waters, or pain, or discord in our families, and that’s all understandable. Certainly we have more than enough of those things in there shelter in place days, and that’s to say nothing of those who suffer from…
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Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter
Today’s readings Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus is a perplexing one, to be sure. But in the light of Easter, we can see that Jesus was proclaiming that God is doing something new. Not only that, but God wants us all to be part of that new thing. Addressing Nicodemus, Jesus said that the old ways of worshipping and…
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The Second Sunday of Easter (Sunday of Divine Mercy)
Today’s readings I know there is a hunger out there, a hunger for the Eucharist, a hunger for being here at church, a hunger for the community we are missing. But part of me wonders a bit about where that is coming from. I mean, prior to a month ago, we were open every day of the…
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Easter Thursday
Today’s readings Can you imagine how the disciples were feeling at this point? Prior to today’s Gospel selection, the women found the empty tomb, Peter has seen the Lord, and the two disciples had experienced him in the breaking of the bread on the way to Emmaus. Their minds were most likely reeling with excitement;…
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The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night
Today’s readings Considering all that we have been through since Lent began, it seems in some ways like time has stood still. I saw a meme on Facebook that said “2020 is a unique leap year. It had 29 days in February, 300 days in March, and 5 years in April.” Sheltered in place, and fearing a mysterious…
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