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The King is the Context
Readings: • Jer 17:5-8 • Psa 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 • 1 Cor 15:12, 16-20 • Lk 6:17, 20-26 “Context,” I have read, “is king.” While such a saying should itself be read and […]
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Walking the road of gathering, exodus, and salvation
Readings: • Jer 31:7-9 • Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 • Heb 5:1-6 • Mk 10:46-52 “In the beginning,” states Lumen Gentium, the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, “God made human nature one […]
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The cart of human tradition and the horse of divine Law
On the Readings for Sunday, September 1, 2018 […]
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Spiritual hunger and the Bread of Life
On the Readings for Sunday, August 11, 2018 […]
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The Transfiguration: Gospel to the Dead
An excerpt from Frank Sheed’s To Know Christ Jesus. […]
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“Woe to the shepherds who mislead and scatter the flock …”
On the Readings for Sunday, July 22, 2018. […]
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One Christ, One Savior, One Shepherd
On the Readings for April 22, 2018, the Fourth Sunday of Easter […]
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True worship and the cleansing of the Temple
On the Readings for Sunday, March 4, 2018, the Third Sunday of Lent […]
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Prophets, demons, and false gods
On the Readings for Sunday, January 28, 2018 […]
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“What shall I do, sir?”: On the conversion of Saint Paul
Readings: • Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22 • Psa 117:1bc, 2 • Mk 16:15-18 Horse or no horse, it’s a powerful, moving story. My pastor and I have a running joke about the conversion of St. […]