Love Is A Triangle
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Bartimaeus last week was cured of his blindness because he did two things: he acknowledged his weakness, his need to be cured, and he strongly cried out his desire to be healed. If you have a weakness or a trouble or addiction call out to Jesus Christ like he did; to…
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His Blindness Is His Greatest Blessing!
Dear Brothers and Sisters, We hear of the story of the blind beggar Bartimaeus in today’s gospel. Jesus is leaving Jericho on his way to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. And on his way he heard Bartimaeus shouting out, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me.’ This man who lived in complete darkness had…
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You Will Drink Of The Cup That I Drink
Dear Brothers and Sisters, In our last week of STEPS we consider Sharing our faith with those close to us. The brothers, James and John, show their true colors by vying with one another to be number one (Mark 10: 35-45). Jesus responds with great patience by saying, “Can you drink the cup that I drink…
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What Must I Do To Gain Eternal Life?
Dear Brothers and Sisters, As we journey in our walk to know Jesus Christ an important step to take is tithing or giving. A rich man ran up to Jesus in the gospel and humbly asks what he must do to gain eternal life. It is a fundamental question of life. And it is much…
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It Is Not Good For Man To Be Alone
Dear Brothers and Sisters, In the fourth week of our series called STEPS we speak of being engaged in a small group, in a community that will help us to know God and to know ourselves. It is good timing as we prepare to announce our catechesis, or series of meetings, on what it means…
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Compare Yourself To Christ, Not To Others
Dear Brothers and Sisters, We spoke of prayer in our second week of STEPS and how according to St. James we may pray incorrectly because we ask for the wrong things, or we ask selfishly. I sense that a more common mistake is when faced with a concern we don’t speak to God about it. …
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Draw Near To God And He Will Draw Near To You!
Dear Brothers and Sisters, I hope you gave some thought to the STEPS that we announced last week and that you commit yourself in some way to one of them. Life in the church ought to have a purpose: to deepen my faith, to learn how to share it, to overcome certain bad habits or…
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By Losing Your Life For Christ, You Will Gain It
Dear Brothers and Sisters, We know how frustrated it can be to realize the GPS is taking us in the wrong direction especially if we are already late and the weather is bad. Or in school we are taking courses that make no sense and you wonder: where are we going with Spanish and calculus…
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The Evils Within Defile A Man
Dear Brothers and Sisters, There are two very different trajectories in the gospel today (Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21-23). Matthew’s version explains it more graphically when he says that what goes into the mouth passes through the stomach and goes into the latrine. They’re all hollow places. It is sheer madness to think that certain…
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Do You Also Want To Go Away?
Dear Brothers and Sisters: This week we finish this fantastic chapter from St. John’s gospel (6: 60-69). At the beginning of it we saw this amazing miracle of Jesus feeding some 15,000 people with the lunch of one small boy. It is a good reminder that when we face a difficulty to give it to…
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