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Saturday of the First Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings In today’s Gospel, we have the continued Epiphany of Jesus manifested as one who identifies with sinners. That is not, of course, to say that he was a sinner; quite the contrary, because we know that Jesus was like us in all things but sin. In this Gospel passage, though, we see that…
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Thursday of the First Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings My eldest niece is now in college; I can’t believe how time has flown. But back when she was little, she knew how to wrap Uncle Patrick around her little finger. I remember one time when we were out at the mall, she said something like, “If you want, you can buy me…
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The Baptism of Our Lord
Today’s readings I think we have to be a little bit careful about how we read and hear today’s readings. We’re still in the Christmas season – at the end of it, actually – and, more precisely, we’re at the octave day of the Epiphany of the Lord, which we celebrated last week, in which we…
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Friday after Epiphany
Today’s readings Today, as we continue to celebrate the Epiphany of the Lord, we see another Epiphany, another manifestation of our Lord. Each of these manifestations tells us a little more about who Jesus is and what he came to do in our world. Today we see Jesus manifested as healer. “Lord, if you wish, you can…
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Thursday after Epiphany
Today’s readings Today’s Scriptures continue to reveal Christ manifested in the flesh, and the way his manifestation looks today is like love. We have the great joy of continuing our reading from the first letter of John today, and, as I mentioned on Tuesday, John is always about love. Today John gives us a discerning…
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Tuesday after Epiphany
Today’s readings During this Epiphany time, we continue to see various Epiphanies of the Lord, that is, we continue to see Christ manifested in different ways. Today, I think we see our Lord manifested as lover. If you have time today, go back, and prayerfully read the first reading. It’s one of my favorite selections from the…
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The Solemnity of the Epiphany
Today’s readings I’m going to make things pretty simple today. If someone asks you what my homily was about, you’ll be able to sum it up in just four words: “Walk toward the light.” And that’s good advice, I think, for us who walk around in what can be a very dark world. Today’s first…
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Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church
Today’s readings Saint Basil the Great was born in Caesarea in Cappadocia in the year 330. He was known for his learning and virtue, and his fight against the Arian heresy. He also wrote many wonderful works, the most revered of which is his monastic rule. He is known as the father of Eastern monasticism. …
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Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Holy Mother of God
Today’s readings And Mary kept all these things,reflecting on them in her heart. This is definitely the kind of reflection a mom would do. Saint Luke notes all throughout Jesus’ young life that Mary kept the events of Jesus’ life and reflected on them in her heart. At the visit of the shepherds, and again…
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The Sixth a Day in the Octave of Christmas
Today’s readings What did you get for Christmas? Was it everything you’d hoped for? Or are you at that stage of life where gifts are nice, but you really don’t need anything special? A lot of my family has come to that point, because we’re at that point where the gifts aren’t so important as…
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