My Peace I Give You
Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Lord gives us a wonderful word today to help us to convert. What does it mean to convert? To turn around, to realize that God is here and he loves us very much. Do you believe this? I hope so. The psalm helps me a lot today. It says: let…
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He Loved Us So That We Could Love Each Other
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Perhaps you are tired today and the weather has not helped us this past week. When it is cold and rainy it affects us so let us look to the Lord and his love will help us. The psalm helped me a lot this week, it says, “The Lord is good…
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We Are Called To Be Lambs
Dear Brothers and Sisters, If you read a little before today’s gospel in the Bible, you will see that all the families were bringing their lambs to the temple to be sacrificed so that they could eat them on the Passover. Through this scene our Lord is telling us that we are called to be…
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Where Sin Abounded, Grace Abounded All The More!
Dear Brothers and Sisters, It is the Third Sunday of Easter; the Lord is risen! We can summarize this gospel by a phrase from St. Paul: where sin increased, grace abounded all the more. In the gospel we just heard there was an abundance of fish, amidst the break downs of the disciples, so much…
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We Need To Touch To Believe
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today is the Second Sunday of Easter or Divine Mercy Sunday which was started under St. Pope John Paul II. I am sure you are familiar with the image which has two rays coming from the heart of Jesus, one is white, and the other is red. Jesus said to St….
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What Is Different About This Night?
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Why is tonight different from all other nights? It is different because we have heard an abundance of the Word of God. It is different because we are here in the wee hours of the morning. It is different because the assembly is so beautiful, because we are going to solemnly…
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His Love Unties You
Dear Brothers and Sisters, It is wonderful to think of how Jesus entered his passion starting with his entry into Jerusalem on this Palm Sunday. Try not to see it from an overly religious point of view about a God who sent his Son who suffers so much for me, what a poor thing. See…
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A Lent Of Mercy
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Our Lord has been great with us, and we are overjoyed to see this happen in our lives. Why are you happy and what does the greatness of the Lord mean? It means that he has been greater than our sins, much greater than our sins. His mercy has been overwhelming…
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The Man With Two Sons
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today is Laetare Sunday which means rejoice. The whole liturgy invites us to rejoice. How can we not rejoice with today’s gospel that the Lord gives us. It is a shout of joy. I was moved when I proclaimed this gospel of the Prodigal Son. How wonderful for those who have…
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I Already Converted
Dear Brothers and Sisters, It is a beautiful gospel and a strong word on conversion, which is a word that is very misused by people in our times. Conversion is a profound experience that touches deeply the heart of a person. St. Paul used the Greek word metanoia to describe what it means. The person…
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