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Category Archives: 2022-2023
Year A – Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Your Righteousness Must Go Deeper (Mt 5:20) The powerful invitation of the Sermon on the Mount, that we continue to listen to in the gospel reading of today, is to embrace the previous revelation of God and to be available … Continue reading
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Year A – Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
You are the salt of the earth… and light of the World (Mt 5:13-14) The sentences that we hear in the gospel reading of today immediately follow the Beatitudes. It is still part of the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus … Continue reading
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Year A – Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Evangelizing Families “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Dear Friend, When Jesus called His disciples, He told them to come and follow Him. Jesus wanted His disciples to have His joy that is … Continue reading
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Year A – Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
“At once, leaving the boat and their father, they followed him” (Mt 4:12-23) The gospel text of today from Matthew narrates to us the beginning of the public ministry of Jesus in Capernaum. It was one of the principal towns … Continue reading
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Year A – Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Life Journey of John the Baptist (Jn 1:29-34) In the liturgical calendar, we are back to the ordinary time. But in our gospel reading there is an attempt to make the liturgy of today special. Perhaps it is just … Continue reading
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Year A – Solemnity of Our Lady of Arabia
MOTHER MOST ADMIRABLE Among the divinely inspired passages of Sacred Scripture, the one from the twelfth chapter of the Apocalypse is a compendium of all the great things that can be said or thought of our marvelous Queen. “A great … Continue reading
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Year A – The Epiphany of the Lord
Epiphany: God is made visible! (Mt 2:1-12) In most cultures, one of the games that children play is “hide and seek”, with many variants – tag, sardines, or hidey (in Scotland). There is a lot of fun in finding hidden … Continue reading
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Year A – Feast of the Holy Family
HOLY FAMILY OF NAZARETH Abraham Lincoln was asked “If you had a second chance to be horn, how would you like your birth to be?” “I want to be born to the same parents, same poverty, and cobblers by professions.” … Continue reading
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Year A – CHRISTMAS – The Nativity of the Lord
Wish you a holy, peaceful and joyful Christmas! Here is the Christmas Video Message of our Apostolic Administrator HE Bishop Paul Hinder, OFM Cap.
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Year A – Fourth Sunday of Advent
“You must name him Jesus” (Mt 1:21) We are all aware of the annunciation of angel Gabriel to Mary. When we think of annunciation, we only think of the annunciation to Mary (Lk 1:26-38). It is interesting to note that … Continue reading
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