PALM SUNDAY

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Down through history we have had numerous distortions of the gospel message. When I was young, our celebration of Lent had clearly lost its ...

THE FIFRH SUNDAY OF LENT

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John 11:1-45  On this Fifth Sunday of Lent, we have the beautiful story of Lazarus. This is the third story of our Lenten message from John’...

FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT

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John 9:1-41  Dear Friends, Once again, we have a story of conversion from St. John on our Lenten journey. Jesus is the Light of the World c...

THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT

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Jn 4:4-42  Dear Friends, In the next three weeks of our Lenten journey, there are three episodes addressing the sinful condition of our huma...

THE FALSE SELF AND THE TRUE SELF-3

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This is the third of eleven reflections on Thomas Merton’s teaching on the True Self/False Self dynamic. This conflictual but enlightening r...

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT

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Mt 17:1-9  Dear Friends, Lent is a time to prepare to celebrate the Death and Resurrection of Jesus the Christ with new joy, stronger faith ...

FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

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Mt 4:1-11  Dear Friends, One of the many blessings of Vatican II was a return to the importance of the Word of God in the Bible. This led to...

THE PEOPLE´S EXPERIENCE OF GOD

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The Bible is a love story of God and his people. While it is simple and clear there are also problematic issues because this love absorbs hu...

SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

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Mt. 5:17-37  Dear Friends, In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is inviting us to totally change our value system. He is calling us to a conver...

FIFTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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Mt. 5:13-16  Dear Friends, Here is an amazing statistic about the religious scene in the US. Roman Catholics are the largest religious group...

THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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Matthew 5:1-12  Dear Friends, On this Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time, we have the first gospel selectin of the next five Sundays. This is ou...

THIRD SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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Mt 4:12-23  Dear Friends, Today we have our first selection from the Gospel of Matthew. Jesus introduces two themes that will be the foundat...

SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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John 1:29-34  Dear Friends, St. Matthew is our guide as we walk with Jesus in the beginning of Ordinary Time of our liturgical year. I alway...

THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD

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Matthew 3:13-17  Dear Friends, St. Matthew begins the public life of Jesus with the Baptism of the Son of God. In spite of the Baptist’s rel...

THE FALSE SELF AND THE TRUE SELF-2

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Introduction  This is the second of eleven reflections on Thomas Merton’s teaching on the True Self/False Self dynamic. This conflictual but...