Your Righteousness Must Go Deeper (Mt 5:20) The powerful invitation of the Sermon on the Mount, that we continue to listen to in the gospel reading of today, is to embrace the previous revelation of God and to be available to the God who is here and now. It is also an invitation to embrace […]
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You are the salt of the earth… and light of the World (Mt 5:13-14) The sentences that we hear in the gospel reading of today immediately follow the Beatitudes. It is still part of the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus says, “You are the salt of the earth… you are the light of the World”
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Evangelizing Families \”Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.\” Dear Friend, When Jesus called His disciples, He told them to come and follow Him. Jesus wanted His disciples to have His joy that is complete (John 16:24). In this Gospel for Sunday (Matthew 5: 1-12), Jesus taught His Disciples
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“At once, leaving the boat and their father, they followed him” (Mt 4:12-23) The gospel text of today from Matthew narrates to us the beginning of the public ministry of Jesus in Capernaum. It was one of the principal towns around the lake of Galilee. It was on the trade route between the southern nations
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The Life Journey of John the Baptist (Jn 1:29-34) In the liturgical calendar, we are back to the ordinary time. But in our gospel reading there is an attempt to make the liturgy of today special. Perhaps it is just to remind us that every Eucharistic celebration is special! As we are in Year A,
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MOTHER MOST ADMIRABLE Among the divinely inspired passages of Sacred Scripture, the one from the twelfth chapter of the Apocalypse is a compendium of all the great things that can be said or thought of our marvelous Queen. \”A great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her
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Epiphany: God is made visible! (Mt 2:1-12) In most cultures, one of the games that children play is “hide and seek”, with many variants – tag, sardines, or hidey (in Scotland). There is a lot of fun in finding hidden objects and people! God seems to play ‘hide and seek’ with human beings. Isaiah cries
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HOLY FAMILY OF NAZARETH Abraham Lincoln was asked “If you had a second chance to be horn, how would you like your birth to be?” “I want to be born to the same parents, same poverty, and cobblers by professions.” “Why?” “Because, it is there that I found the fullness of love!” Today, feast of
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Wish you a holy, peaceful and joyful Christmas! Here is the Christmas Video Message of our Apostolic Administrator HE Bishop Paul Hinder, OFM Cap.
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“You must name him Jesus” (Mt 1:21) We are all aware of the annunciation of angel Gabriel to Mary. When we think of annunciation, we only think of the annunciation to Mary (Lk 1:26-38). It is interesting to note that there are at least two other annunciation stories in the gospels, prior to the birth
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