The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
When Mary and Joseph find Jesus in the Temple (Luke 2: 41-52) after looking for him for three days he says to them, ‘Did you not know that I must…
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A Child is Born for You
Christmas Day December 25, 2015 Luke 2:1-14 says that Joseph was called by the census to the city of David called Bethlehem since he was of the family of David. …
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How is it that the Mother of my Lord Comes to me?
Dear Brothers and Sisters: On this Fourth Sunday of Advent Luke reminds us of the simplicity of Mary and Elizabeth. It is good to ponder this habit of simplicity, to…
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God is Simple and so was the First Christmas
Dear Brothers and Sisters: At daybreak one Saturday in early December in 1531, Juan Diego was on his way to pray. When he came near a hill called Tepeyac dawn…
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Be Watchful at all Times in Advent
Dear Brothers and Sisters, I was happy to hear that some stores closed for Black Friday and even one store had its shopping cart closed, which did not stop others…
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Advent Weekday Email – Monday, November 30, 2015
Feast of St. Andrew, Apostle Andrew was the brother of Peter (prince of the apostles, first pope) who announced the Gospel in Greece and was crucified on an X shaped…
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You Will be Like Stars that Shine Forever
Brothers and Sisters: Saint Frances Cabrini was the tenth of eleven children and was born two months premature in 1850 in a small town outside of Milan. Only four of…
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Hold Fast to the Saints
Dear Brothers and Sisters, We had the great fortune last week to celebrate the Solemnity of All Saints on a Sunday and so it gave us time to reflect on…
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Can You Drink of the Cup I Will Drink?
Dear Brothers and Sisters: Sister Marianne Cope was born in Germany in 1838 and immigrated to the Syracuse, NY area with her family the next year. At the age of…
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How to Enter the Kingdom of Heaven
Dear Brothers and Sisters, God appeared to Solomon in a dream shortly after he was anointed King of Israel just before his father David died. God said, ‘Ask what you…
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