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http://www.usccb.org/nab/110605.htm I should begin with at least an acknowledgement that this reflection is late. That had something to do with getting ordained to the diaconate on Friday, preaching on Saturday, and baptizing my niece on Sunday. More on all of … Continued
http://www.usccb.org/nab/103005.htm The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted. The idea of servant leadership is a hot topic for me these days. As I and my friends … Continued
http://www.usccb.org/nab/102305.htm “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the … Continued
http://www.usccb.org/nab/101605.htm At that he said to them, “Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” I think this statement begs the question, “What doesn’t belong to God?” I think I’ve often missed this … Continued
http://www.usccb.org/nab/100905.htm “But when the king came in to meet the guests, he saw a man there not dressed in a wedding garment. The king said to him, ‘My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding … Continued
http://www.usccb.org/nab/100205.htm Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. … Continued
http://www.usccb.org/nab/100105.htm Turning to the disciples in private he said, Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. For I say to you, many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to … Continued
http://www.usccb.org/nab/092505.htm Jesus said to the chief priests and elders of the people: It’s easy, I think, to distance ourselves from the point of the Gospel. We often think, well, I’m not one of the chief priests and elders, I’m a … Continued
http://www.usccb.org/nab/091805.htm “Going out about five oclock, the landowner found others standing around, and said to them, Why do you stand here idle all day? They answered, Because no one has hired us.” Often when I’m reading a familiar passage of … Continued
http://www.usccb.org/nab/091105.htm Peter approached Jesus and asked him, Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive? As many as seven times? Jesus answered, I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times. What an interesting reading … Continued
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