THIRTY THIRD SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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Lk 21:5-19 Dear Parishioners, As the Church Year draws to a rapid conclusion, the Gospel message is once again a story of the end. Last week...

CALL TO HOLINESS-3

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THE JUSTICE PERSPECTIVE THE NEED FOR AN INTEGRATED SPIRITUALITY The traditional spiritualities such as the Carmelite, Jesuit, Franciscan, Be...

THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

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Dear Parishioners, Today’s challenge for Jesus is with the Sadducees. They were a small but powerful and elitist group in the Jewish hierarc...

Thirty First Sunday of Sunday of Ordinary Time

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Lk 19:1-10 Dear Parishioners, Luke gives us a truly rich character in the wealthy tax collector, Zacchaeus. In today’s story, Luke taps into...

THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

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Dear Parishioners, As I ponder the deep riches of today’s parable, I am inclined to reflect on my early Catholic formation. I grew up in St....

THE PARABLE OF THE JUDGE

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TWENTY NINTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Lk 18:1-8 Dear Friends, We, as a faith community, have journeyed with Luke on our way to Jerusalem for ...

TWENTY EIGHTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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Luke 17:11-19 Dear Friends, Most Gospel stories are deeper and more challenging than they seem on the surface. Today’s story of the ten lepe...

TWENTY SEVENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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Lk 17:5-10 Dear Friends, For us, the treatment of the servant in today’s gospel passage can be both distracting and upsetting. We need to mo...

TWENTY SIXTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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Lk 16:19-31 Dear Friends, Luke’ Gospel has a consistent theme of reversal. Today’s parable continues this pattern. Right at the beginning o...

TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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Lk 16:1-13 Dear Friends, Today’s parable of the dishonest servant is one of the most puzzling in all of the Gospels. In the end, however, th...

CALL TO HOLINESS-2

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The Liturgy: The Source and Summit of our Faith The incorporation of the teachings of Vatican II into the Catholic life has been very uneven...

Twentieth-Fouth Sunday of Ordinary Time

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Lk 15: 1-32 Dear Friends, The parables of the Two Sons and the Good Samaritan have been a major factor in the development of Christianity ...

CALL TO HOLINESS-1

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Baptism’s Call to Holiness This blog, Praying Alone Together, has a clear goal. It hopes to teach people to pray with a depth that will prod...

TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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Lk 14:25-33 Dear Friends, These words of Jesus are very strong. In fact, they are the most extreme in expressing the demands of discipleship...

THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

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Lk 14:1, 7-14 Dear Friends, The Gospel passage generally has many levels. Today it seems that Jesus is offering some practical advice. It to...