Pray For Something That Will Not Make You Trip And Fall
Dear Brothers and Sisters, There was a blind girl who hated herself just because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her….
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A Child Is Simple, He Takes The Last Place
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Pope Francis was in Slovakia this week and visited Mother Theresa’s nuns there who run a shelter for homeless people. They call the area the Bronx…
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Get Behind Me, Not Ahead Of Me!
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Peter gets the identity of Jesus Christ correct (Mark 8: 27-35) but he doesn’t understand that only through suffering will he will be saved. We can…
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Lord, You Have ‘Words’ Of Eternal Life
Dear Brothers and Sisters, The gospel today puts before us our history, who am I and how have I lived the life God gave me? Concretely, the Lord is asking,…
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The Virgin Mary Brings Christ To Others, With Joy
Dear Friends, St. Philip Neri was known to say, “If I am not home by a certain time, look for me in the brothels.” He was a man who knew…
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He Became Man So That He Could Also Become Our Bread
Dear Friends, When we die the priest hopefully comes a day or two before and gives us the Viaticum, the last Communion we will receive in this world. And he…
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I Am The Bread Of Life
Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Eucharist sustains our body and our soul. Many saints have existed only eating the Host for months and even years. For Blessed Alexandrina from Portugal,…
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When We Are Loved, We Can Love
Dear Brothers and Sisters, There is a profound yearning in us for Jesus Christ, for eternal life and we easily drown it out with our plans and the struggles of…
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They Did Not Have A Shepherd
Dear Friends, The Lord notices and has compassion on the people. He is truly the good shepherd looking out for us. The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I…
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A Fig Needs To Be Pinched to Be Sweet
Dear Friends, The Zacchaeus climbed up a sycamore tree to see Christ. These trees are easy to climb because their branches are low to the ground. Christ didn’t call him,…
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