24 May 2021
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“Peace be with you!”
On that first Easter Sunday the frightened disciples who had abandoned Jesus were behind locked doors. Jesus appeared and said, “Peace be with you!” When Karol Wojtyla stepped onto a balcony as Pope John Paul II he told the crowd,...
17 May 2021
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The details and location of the Ascension are shrouded in mystery
St. Matthew tells of the commissioning of the disciples but does not describe an ascension. He concludes with Jesus’ words, “And behold I am with you always, until the end of the age.” Mark says simply that “ the Lord Jesus, after...
11 May 2021
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“This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.”
Imagine you are flying in a perfectly good airplane and someone you love says, “If you love me you will do as I do” and then jumps out of that perfectly good plane and pulls the cord on a parachute. An attendant on the plan helps you...
26 Apr 2021
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“I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”
When Jesus told the parable of the “good shepherd” he was speaking to people who knew there were also not-so-good shepherds and bad shepherds. The good shepherd was with his sheep twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. He lead...
12 Apr 2021
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Divine Mercy Sunday
“Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” After his Resurrection Jesus appeared to his disciples hiding in a room “behind locked doors.” To calm their fears he said, “Peace be with you.” Then, standing in...
5 Apr 2021
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He is Risen
The Lord is risen indeed. Christ’s body did not remain in the tomb, but was raised to new life, and our own bodies will join Him in glory. It is a great and powerful mystery. Easter is a time of hope and a simple awareness that no...
22 Mar 2021
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“Jesus himself is the resurrection and the life.”
Today is the 5th Sunday of Lent, and the last week of Lent. This will be followed by 'Passion Sunday,' (Palm Sunday) and finally 'the Holy Week' that will reach its peak on 'Easter Sunday.' The central theme of today’s Scripture Readings...
16 Mar 2021
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Jesus said to the Pharisees, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; But now you are saying, ‘We see,’ so your sin remains.”
Socrates observed, "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." Throughout history people have been harmed or killed, and resources have been wasted, by people in power who were too ignorant to know what they did not know and...
8 Mar 2021
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“Come see a man who told me everything I have done. Could he possibly be the Christ?”
Imagine an encounter with someone “who told me everything I have done.” That would be very impressive but could also be embarrassing and uncomfortable. We all have things in our life we would rather be kept secret. The Samaritan...