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Today’s readings Sometimes, when I take a step back in preparing for our Palm Sunday Mass, my head spins a little bit. That’s because this is no ordinary celebration of Mass. We have two Gospel readings: one at the beginning … Continued
Today’s readingsMass for the school children. Have you ever thought that everyone in the whole world was against you? Sometimes it seems that way, for sure. We all go through times like that. Of course, it’s not true; there are … Continued
Today’s readings “Do you want to be well?” That had to be a jarring question to the man at the waters of Bethesda. I wonder if he was thinking, “Of course I want to be well! Why do you think … Continued
Today’s readings What would you give up for love? That’s the question I want us to focus on today because I think it is, perhaps, the question of the spiritual life. What is it that we are willing to give up for … Continued
Today’s readings “Repent and believe in the Gospel.” I think, in general, as a people, we are allergic to repentance. The year was 2012, and it was the first year that we used the revised translation of the Roman Missal. … Continued
Today’s readings Saint Valentine was a clergyman who lived in the third century. A martyr, he was beheaded on February 14 in the year 369. Before this, he had been condemned to death for evangelizing. But the pagan judge gave … Continued
Today’s readings I always get a chill in my spine and a lump in my throat from the four words that stand out to me in today’s Gospel reading: “And it was night.” Those narrative words come just after Judas … Continued
Today’s readings Palm Sunday is a Liturgy that can be a little puzzling. We start out on a seemingly triumphant note. Jesus enters Jerusalem, the Holy City, and the center of the Jewish religion; the city he has been journeying … Continued
Today’s readingsMass for the school. Sometimes it seems like everyone is against us. Maybe you’ve felt that way sometimes. Maybe someone was telling lies about you and trying to get others to work against you, or maybe they were looking … Continued
Today’s readings Today’s Liturgy of the Word helps us to reflect on God’s promises. Ever since God made the first covenant with Abraham, he has been renewing that covenant in ever stronger ways with all of the people he created … Continued
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