The Battle On this first Sunday of Lent, we hear about Jesus taking up the battle as He faced the three temptations of the devil in the wilderness. Jesus overcame each temptation and exhausted the devil, but that was not the end of the war. The battle would continue all the way to the Cross.As […]
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The Challenge It’s very easy to find fault with things and people. No matter how good a person or a thing may be, it is easy to find some fault with them. And while it is easy to find faults in others, it is just as easy to overlook our own faults. Or, as Jesus
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Love your Enemies In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus gives us a teaching about how we ought to treat our enemies. When we think about our enemies, what often comes to mind are those who bully us, those who wrong us, and those who persecute us for no reason. For some reason, we feel that we
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To Understand God’s Word In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus, in short, says, “Blessed are those who are poor, hungry, weeping, and hated.” At the same time, He also says that woe will come to those who are rich, full, laughing, and praised. A cursory reading of the Gospel text may lead us to wonder about
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Peter’s Leap of Faith and Humility In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus was at the lakeside of Gennesaret, and He got into one of the fishing boats so that He could teach the crowds that had gathered to listen to Him. When Jesus had finished teaching, He told Peter to put out into deep water and
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The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord This Sunday, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. During this celebration, candles are blessed before the Mass. The candles that are blessed at the beginning of the Mass are meant to be lit and then brought in procession into the church, where
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The Messenger In this Sunday’s Gospel, we heard that Jesus went to Galilee and Nazareth, where He had been brought up. He taught in the synagogues, and everyone praised Him. Jesus began His ministry in His humble hometown of Nazareth, and throughout His life, He was associated with His hometown. Even on the Cross, the
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The Wedding at Cana In this Sunday’s Gospel will hear about the miraculous changing of water into wine at the wedding in Cana. The Gospel did not use the word “miracle” to describe the event, rather the Gospel said that it was the first of the signs given by Jesus, and in it He let
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Brothers and sisters, today the Church celebrates the Baptism of the Lord. Some of us may be wondering: Why was Jesus baptized by John in the Jordan River? What is the purpose of His baptism? And so on. For sure, Jesus received baptism from John the Baptist not because He needed to be cleansed of
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Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph A Memory lingers, a father holding his little daughter’s hand. They waited for the bus to take her to her first day of school. She had chosen to wear a tee-shirt emblazoned with two words: Question Authority. We knew we had a daughter with a strong soul, but