Tag: inspiration
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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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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 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 […]
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Is the King Glad? Saturday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time
1 Samuel 9:1-4; 17-19; 10:1; Psalm 21:2; Mark 2:13-17 Guided and inspired by the Holy Spirit, the Church takes great care to choose readings for each day that highlight certain themes, most often represented by the psalm that comes between them. Today we hear a wonderful case in point, Psalm 21. On a purely human […]
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Minute Meditation: Thank God
1 Thessalonians 1:1-5, 8b-10 In the first reading today, St. Paul says, We give thanks to God always for all of you,remembering you in our prayers,unceasingly calling to mind your work of faith and labor of loveand endurance in hope of our Lord Jesus Christ,before our God and Father,knowing, brothers and sisters loved by God, […]
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One of the “Do Nots”: Friday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time
Exodus 20:1-17; Matthew 13:18-23 Even though I’ve gone through it countless times over the last 35 years, each time still amazes me. I look at one of my kids, say, “Do NOT do that,” then find myself standing there incredulous, less than 5 minutes later, saying, “Didn’t I just tell you not to do that? […]
Mark 10:45 