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Today's readings. Have you ever had an "aha!" experience? Probably you have, although you might not have called it that. I can remember one of mine. Back in my early 20s, I was taking voice lessons. My teacher tried for … Continued
All-powerful and ever-living God,your only Son went down among the deadand rose again in glory.In your goodnessraise up your faithful people,buried with him in baptism,to be one with himin the eternal life of heaven,where he lives and reigns with you … Continued
What got me today was the spiritual, "Were You There?" It was sung this afternoon at Veneration of the Cross, of course, and also this evening at the Living Stations of the Cross. The youth acted this out, and sang … Continued
Today's Mass of the Lord's Supper was a great beginning to the Triduum for me. Fr. Frank's homily focused on the Mandatum of "serve and give:" a motto that was pounded home to him in his early seminary days. It … Continued
The other day in Presiding at the Eucharist class, the instructor corrected one of the guys who was using an older Sacramentary. At the words of institution, he said "for you and for all men" … the word "men," of … Continued
I preached two different homilies this weekend: one for the regular Sunday (Cycle B of the Lectionary) and the other for the Second Scrutiny (which uses Cycle A of the Lectionary). Both are given below. I took special care to … Continued
http://www.usccb.org/nab/031906a.shtml I think today’s Gospel story is very strange to many of us. It presents Jesus in a light that we don’t often see – kind of a violent light, in fact. I’ve often heard this story explained as a … Continued
A surface reading of Catholic blogs lately has made me ponder the purpose of these things. Since it’s Lent, I thought maybe all of us, bloggers or readers, could resolve to give up some things: The use of the phrase … Continued
http://www.usccb.org/nab/030506.shtml Lets start today with a survey. How many of you have given something up for Lent? And how many of you are happy about that? How many of you would say that giving something up for Lent brings you … Continued
http://www.usccb.org/nab/030106.shtml Behold, now is a very acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. One of the ministry things I have been involved in during my time in seminary is as a fire chaplain. I work for one of … Continued
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