May His Face Shine Upon You!
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Happy New Year! It is a beautiful blessing that we hear from Numbers (6: 22-27) on this solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. The Lord will bless us, and let his face shine upon us, and look kindly and give you peace; he blesses us three times, a hint of the…
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He Takes Mary & Jesus To Himself
Dear Brothers and Sisters, It is a wonder that God chose for the Holy Family this way of weakness and hiddenness to save the world. They became very vulnerable and it demanded much wisdom and prudence. Imagine how many boys less than two years old were killed by Herod within days of the gospel we…
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His Own Received Him Not
Dear brothers and sisters, The Lord is here and wants to enter your world a little more. He wants to speak to you tonight and help you with the things that make you suffer. Listen well and think about these events that are before us. A virgin has a child by the power of the…
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Joseph Is Inwardly Watchful
Dear Brothers and Sisters, On this last Sunday of Advent we see how Joseph is open to God and how he is prepared to receive this Good News from him with joy. He was an inwardly watchful man who was sensitive to the movements of God in his heart. The message he received is overwhelming…
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John The Baptist Is Eager To Wait
Dear Brothers and Sisters, I am sending it again so that my blog gets updated; pardon the inconvenience. No one pretends to be what he is not in the desert; it is too obvious. St. James says be patient for the Lord is coming soon. Also be patient with the difficulties of ordinary life for…
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Silence Helps Us To Hear God
Dear Brothers and Sisters, As we heard last week that the Lord’s house is on the highest mountain and all things shall stream towards it. Is that true for us? Is the Lord’s house the highest priority in our life or is it just one of many mountains? It is a good question to ask…
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A Christian Is One Who Waits For The Lord
Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Christian life is like a permanent Advent. It is all about keeping vigil and being watchful for the Lord. He will come like a thief in the night says the gospel (Mt. 24: 37-44). This aspect of waiting, of expectation is fundamental for us, for all Christians. The last word…
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He Holds Things Together
Dear Friends, On this final Sunday of the liturgical year we celebrate Christ the King of the Universe. It is a recent feast started in 1925 to emphasize that Christ is the center of the world not fascism or communism or politics or anything else popular in those days, which brought only death to millions…
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They Believe In Another World
Dear Brothers and Sisters, The first reading (2 Maccabees 7: 1-2, 9-14) sounds like it could be something that could come to pass today. It happened a few centuries before Christ. A general under Alexander the Great, conquered Israel and exerted Greek control and culture upon the area. It was political domination and imposed Greek…
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Zacchaeus Did Something Silly
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Many consider the book Les Miserables as one of the top ten books of all time. I loved the music and many years ago read the book. Jean Valjean is released from serving nineteen years in jail. Five years for stealing some bread for his starving sister and fourteen more years…
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