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We have come together tonight to pray for peace. And it’s good that we do that. We echo in our hearts tonight the sentiment of Our Lord who offered us peace, as we just heard, during the Last Supper, just … Continued
Today’s readings: James 3:13-18; Psalm 72; Matthew 5:38-48 I was talking to one of our parishioners today who is on a local board that, among other things, hires police officers for their municipality. He was telling me how hard it … Continued
Today’s readings I think many of us will never forget where we were eight years ago today. People say that about the day that President Kennedy died, or the day when the space shuttle Challenger exploded. But in a particular … Continued
Today’s readings “The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.” St. Martin of Tours is a fitting saint to intercede for veterans today. He himself was a soldier and served his country faithfully. After a time, he asked for … Continued
Reading: James 3:13-18 I love the letter of St. James. It’s a letter of practical faith, and many of its passages give us a strong reality check to be sure that we are practicing our faith as the Lord intends. … Continued
Today’s readings How wonderful are the words we hear in today’s Gospel! “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey … Continued
Today’s readings The thing is, we never see the widow. There are widows in both the first reading and today’s Gospel and neither story describes the widow. We don’t know what she’s wearing, if she’s tall or short, nothing at … Continued
Today’s readings | Today’s feast “Blessed is the one who fears the Lord.” St. Martin of Tours is a fitting saint to intercede for veterans today. He himself was a soldier and served his country faithfully. After a time, he … Continued
Readings: James 4:1-10 | Psalm 23 | Matthew 5:2-24 Tragedy has a way of freezing time for us, of creating a kind of horrible snapshot that we’ll never forget, no matter how hard we try. Growing up, people always used … Continued
Today's readings "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him." This feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord can be a puzzling one for us to understand. It's an event we've heard about in Gospel readings, but it's not something … Continued
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