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Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48 The First Reading shows us that the grace of becoming and remaining a Christian always is a free gift from God, Who pays no attention to a person’s status and lavishes divine love upon all people. John 15:9-17 Today’s Gospel Reading has the sound of a last will and testament. These...
The note received from the second grader who celebrated her First Holy Communion along with 25 others this past Sunday reads: “Thank you for Preasting Little Flower.”
Nicodemus: “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these signs that you are doing unless God is with him” (John 3:2) Jesus: “You must be born from above” (John 3:7). Jesus’ teaching opens wide a whole new world to Nicodemus – and to us. Jesus...
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Genesis 9:8-15 The First Reading makes known God’s desire for humanity to be in perfect harmony and genuine oneness with Him. God establishes His covenant with Noah. With this is the promise of an ultimate state of reconciliation between divinity and humanity. The flood belongs to the never recurring past. Ours properly is a future...
John the Baptist promises that Jesus will baptize in the HOLY SPIRIT (Mark 1:8). At Jesus’ baptism, the Holy Spirit descends upon Him (v. 10). The Gospel reading fro the First Sunday of Lent retells the story of the same Holy Spirit drives Jesus into the desert, the barren wilderness around the Dead Sea (v....
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Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 The First Reading presents us with an exemplary woman as the model for us all in using God’s gifts well. Christians, of course, connect this figure to Mary, the mother of God and our mother. In the midst of all the sinners who fail to live up to their promises, Mary...
Giuseppe Sarto was born in 1835. While serving the Church as Pope Pius X (1903-1914), he vigorously promoted the interests of the Church in a rapidly changing world and increasingly industrial culture that was rushing to world war. Above all else he sought to inspire deepening personal and parish piety among the members of the...
Isaiah 22:19-23 The prophet Isaiah preaches God’s message some eight centuries before the birth of Jesus. His book commences with God grieving over the children of Israel who have disowned their heavenly Father. The prophet labors to steer people back toward God and before the book concludes, they come to see reality as it truly...
The story of Jesus’ meeting the Samaitan woman and the Samaritan community (John 4:5-42) teaches us about the true process of faith. Beginning with no faith in Jesus, a curiosity is awakened within her about the identity of Jesus (v. 9). Her curiosity gives way to confusion (v. 11) and then deepening concern about Him...
