Jesus opened the ears of the deaf man and he hears Jesus — the Word Incarnate. Today we celebrate the feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius who translated the Bible into the Slavic languages so others could hear the Word of God too.
Today’s Readings: http://usccb.org/bible/readings/021420.cfm
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We love numbers and statistics, don’t we? In this morning’s reading, David took a census to find out how many people were in the tribes of Israel. God was furious because David was putting more trust in numbers than in God’s power.
Today’s Readings: http://usccb.org/bible/readings/020520.cfm
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In today’s Gospel we see two approaches to Jesus. There is the woman who had faith Jesus could heal her simply by touching Him. Others, like Jairus’s friends, doubted and scoffed at Jesus, but He rose Jairus’s daughter from the dead.
Today’s Readings: http://usccb.org/bible/readings/020420.cfm
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My homily from yesterday. In yesterday’s reading, King David is being cursed & criticized. His guards ask what they should do & King David replies, “Let him alone and let him curse.” There’s no use letting people get under our skin.
Today’s Readings: http://usccb.org/bible/readings/020320.cfm
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Early February is the dreariest time of the year, and all of us are looking for something to lift us out of the darkness. We realize that inside of us is a constant battle between light and darkness – but God is in the business of illumination, and we know that light will conquer darkness.
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In today’s Scripture reading, we find King David in humble prayer before God. We can’t do anything to win God’s favor, He loves us already. We can live with gratitude for all the gifts God has given us. Here’s my homily.
Today’s Readings:
http://usccb.org/bible/readings/013020.cfm
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Today we celebrate the Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas. His philosophy can be summed up with the line, an egg is an egg. It’s a realism. There is a definitive identity and order in creation. A baby in a womb or an immigrant at a border – these are people. We can’t forget that.
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In yesterday’s Gospel, Jesus called His first followers. We usually think of a call, or vocation, from Jesus as one to the sacrament of Holy Orders or consecrated religious life, but Jesus calls each one of us to lead the kind of life that will lead us back to Him.
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On this day in 1973, abortion on demand was legalized in the US. In today’s reading we hear about David and Goliath’s battle. Those fighting to protect the baby in the womb are up against mighty, Goliath-sized opposition, but, as David said, we have the Lord on our side.
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In today’s first reading, God chooses David, the least of his brothers, to be King of Israel. Sometimes God chooses what appears to be the least likely of His people, so we know that good things are done only through Him
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