When were you baptized? For me, it was very many years ago in Jersey when Fr. Kirk poured water over this baby’s head, and declared
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
We often make 2 mistakes in choosing our usual trivial New Year’s resolution; first, we generalize it; for example, “I will be kinder.” The solution? Name
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Santa; Christmas trees; presents; all, symbols of our human affection at Christmas time. But where does this leave the crib, the shepherds, and the baby Jesus?
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Today’s gospel records the priests and levites asking John,” Who are you?” A teacher once asked me that question, I responded, “I am Norm.” She answered,
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When the king visited villages in ancient times, the citizens would work to level, clear, and smooth the way he would travel. Today, our king
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The end is near! Covid 19 is its sign! The Day of the Lord is upon us! No wonder we fear! Yes,fear stalks the land,
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NEVER OLD
Jesus tells, in today’s gospel, an outstanding “story of all stories”. A man (symbolic of God) gives custody of differing amounts of his property (gifts)
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Today’s first proclamation pictures Joshua, Moses’ successor, gathering all the Israelites in liturgy. He asks them to choose finally and forever to serve the Lord and reject
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Our first proclamation today describes a final dramatic scene in which God shows Moses the land promised the Hebrews; then Moses dies. He had fought,
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