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MANDATE Thursday
For most Christians, the liturgical observance of “Maundy Thursday” begins the most solemn part of the sacred week of the Christian year. Along with Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter, it is the best known …
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YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE POOR WITH YOU
“You always have the poor with you. You don’t always have me.” (John 12:8) “Six days before Passover, Jesus entered Bethany where Lazarus, so recently raised from the dead, was living. Lazarus and his sisters …
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PROPHETIC MESSAGE OF LOVE
Last week we talked about Jesus returning to his home-town of Nazareth. He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath, as was his custom. When he finished reading, he rolled up the scroll of Isaiah, …
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WE ARE ALL STANDING ON HOLY GROUND
Aspergers (Sprinkling with Holy Water) This is God’s holy ground And you are God’s holy people The burning bush was blazing, yet it was not being consumed. It was not burning up. Moses said: “I …
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WALKING THE WALK, NOT JUST TALKING THE TALK
Jesus accused the religious leaders of his day of hypocrisy. What he meant by that was that they would tell people how to live, yet they would not live by those rules themselves. Jesus had …
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Free Access into God’s Most Holy Presence
In our first reading Moses came down from Mt. Sinai, and we are told that when he came down from being in the presence of God, his face was so bright that people were afraid …
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Walking in Someone Else’s Shoes
Our nation and the universal church have become increasingly polarized and divided; we say mean and hurtful things to each “other” and quit listening to each other. Our gospel passage begins with this: “But I …
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PROPHETIC MESSAGE OF LOVE
Last week we talked about Jesus returning to his home-town of Nazareth. He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath, as was his custom. When he finished reading, he rolled up the scroll of Isaiah, …
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JESUS TURNS WATER INTO WINE
Jesus turns water into wine. Why is this story in the Bible, and what does is it supposed to mean to me? Joy and deep peace in the midst of chaos and confusion. Joy and …
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A ROAD LESS TRAVELED
Our message this week has to do with travelers. In our gospel reading in Matthew, Joseph is instructed in a dream to bundle up the new-born child and Mary and flee to Egypt, and is …