During these days of threat, today’s gospel “breathes” of life and life-giving. Imagine for a moment you are the ill Lazarus (actually, all of us
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SEEING BEYOND
DRINKING AT THE WELL
Weary, Jesus sits at a well, unable to drink because he has no bucket. Despite unforgiving Jewish law, he asks a sinful foreign woman for
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Often, we are tempted, become discouraged, and faIl This reminds one of the 40 years of desert during which the Hebrews suffered the terrors of
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Offering his gift at the massive altar in the heart of the magnificent Jerusalem temple presented the most thrilling and precious liturgical moment in the
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Do you recall church requiring our fasting on certain days of the year under pain of sin? Fasting is surely a worthy act of penance,
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Joseph and Mary follow the Judaic Law by bringing their child Jesus to Jerusalem to dedicate him to the Lord. Luke then journeys beyond the
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Listen! Listen quietly and carefully in your heart. Hear Jesus proclaiming to you, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of people”. Yes, Jesus uttered
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“Jesus is the Lamb of God,who takes away the sins of the world”,proclaims John- not however in some magical way extending through every generation. No!
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We have been baptized with water, but what of baptism of the spirit? Today’s gospel portrays Jesus disdaining wealthy temple priests to find John, the
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