Tag: Bible
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God Will Provide… Right?
Saturday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time Matthew 6:24-34 At a parish potluck, many people showed up, but few brought food. I heard one of the volunteers say, “We were all asked to bring a dish to pass; so few did! I’m worried that we’re going to run out of food.” The woman serving […]
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God’s Idea of Re-Gifting
“Without cost you have received; without cost, you are to give.” Or, re-give…
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Chosen
Feast of St. Matthias, Apostle Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; John 15:9-17 In the spring of my senior year, the high school play was a drama with a lead role that I really wanted. When tryouts came, I nailed it. I went home confident that I had that part in the bag. Only, I didn’t. Even worse, […]
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The Three Choices
Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent Jeremiah 11:18-20; Psalm 7:9; Luke 8:15; John 7:40-53 Years ago, the leader of a religious cult said that God told him the world was going to end soon; he even gave the day. When that day came and went, a few members lost their faith and drifted away. […]
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The Heart of the Matter
Saturday of the 3rd Week of Lent Hosea 6:1-6; Luke 18:9-14 When we hear the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector, we are rightly drawn to the differences between them. However, I think time is well spent thinking not only about the differences but also the similarities, and what both have to teach […]
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Being Who We Were Made to Be
Solemnity of St. Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a A theologian once said that “great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to our eyes. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or weak; and at last some crisis shows what we […]
Mark 10:45 