The Fifth Sunday of Lent (Scrutiny III/Cycle A Readings)

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Today’s readings “Lord, by now there will be a stench.” That’s one of my favorite lines in scripture.  It begs the question I want you to pray about this week, which is this: “What in your life really stinks?”  Because … Continued

The Fourth Sunday of Lent – Scrutiny II (Cycle A Readings)

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Today’s readings Today’s Liturgy is all about vision and sight and light and darkness.  All of these, dear friends, are things that many of us certainly take for granted.  Think about it: we don’t appreciate the gift of light until … Continued

The Fourth Sunday of Lent – Scrutiny II

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Today’s readings Today’s Liturgy is all about vision and sight and light and darkness.  All of these, dear friends, are things that we certainly take for granted.  Think about it: we don’t appreciate the gift of light until that dark … Continued

The Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time

Today’s readings For the Rite of  Acceptance Into the Order of Catechumens Worry will absolutely kill us, if we let it.  As a pastor and confessor, I hear worry from people all the time.  Worry about job issues or money in … Continued

The Fourth Sunday of Lent (Scrutiny II)

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Today’s readings Today’s Liturgy calls us to clear up our clouded vision and become people of light.  The gospel gets at that pretty quickly, healing the man born blind in the first couple of minutes of what is admittedly a … Continued