Savings gone! Health failing! Relationships fractured! Often,life seems unbearable. I recall a friend who was alcoholic. Despite good intentions, counselling, and rehab centers, he could
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CONSIDER YOUR VALUES!
Do we seek the stature of being wealthy, religious, or powerful? Be aware! Jesus condemns such attitudes in today’s gospel. He describes a poor widow
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Errands; work; meals; relationships! We are a busy people. Jesus was also busy: teaching, travelling, healing. Yet, from the midst of noisy activity, Jesus summons
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Do you suffer with strained relationships within your family? Isn’t it true: those whom we love are the ones who can really hurt us. Today’s
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“Follow the law , or get out!” That’s one way to treat immigrants, but not the Christian way. In today’s gospel, Jesus teaches a lesson
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Today is Trinity Sunday, but “so what”? It’s surely a fundamental teaching of our faith, but no one understands it anyway. After all, how can
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What is Pentecost? Actually, Israel celebrated at Pentecost God’s giving them the law on Mt. Sinai. However, the celebration of the law evolved among Christians
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Male-female; black, brown,white; Democrat-Republican; Christian-Muslim! These encompass just a few of the divisions separating us bitterly and personally these days. Add our daily distorted relationships,and
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Jesus had just enjoyed a victorious day during which he had healed many, and now the entire village of Capharnaum was seeking him out. His
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Epiphany means the manifestation of God. But notice Matthew’s story describes not God’s royal throne nor palace but a “house” in which a mother, father,
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