Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Misalignment is Nothing New Especially these days with the internet being truly global, there are scores of people who offer us all sorts of advice on just about everything. There are tons of sites...
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Our Psalm for today is from Psalm 103 and the response that will be sung is “The Lord is kind and merciful.” This is a Psalm of David and is a great source of meditation for us, especially if you read...
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Our Teachers, Our Tests, The Beam in Our Eye, and Good Fruit. To reach perfection we must go through a certain number of tests. In the first reading this Sunday from Sirach, the author tells us that we...
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Lent: Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving By: Br. Benedict Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. The minister marks foreheads with ashes and says, “Repent and believe in the Gospel” (Mark 1:15), or “Remember that...
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“This is my Son, whom I love; listen to him!” This Sunday’s teaching helps us understand why Jesus taught his disciples to be persistent in prayer. Prayer is to be in the presence of the Lord and...
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The Exodus and Becoming A central part of the story of the people who become the people of Israel occurs in Egypt. They had been invited there by Joseph, a Jew who was very influential (you may...
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In the readings for Cycle C for this Sunday we hear about how God continues to provide for the Israelites as they cross the Jordan and enter into Canaan. He gives them a source of food that they can...
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Last week I asked my ninth grade students in one class “How many or you use Chat GPT when you write an assignment? All their hands went up. Then I asked them ‘who knows what Chat GPT stands for?’ Not a...
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