Reflection for Twenty-Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time
The basic Christian virtue is love. It goes in three directions: to God, to our neighbor, and to ourselves. Biblical love is primarily not an emotion – it expresses…
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Reflection for the Twenty-fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time
There are a number of references in the Scriptures concerning wisdom. Wisdom is described by Saint James today as being pure – we could even say that wisdom is innocent.…
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Reflection for Twenty-fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time
How would you feel if someone you loved very much said to you and seemed to really mean it, ” you devil, you Satan?” You would be hurt and probably…
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Reflection for the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Every once in a while the question returns to me, ” how can I be sure I am going to go to heaven? ” Children ask adults this question –…
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Reflection for the Twentieth Sunday in the Ordinary Time – Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
We know that life on this earth ends in death. As persons of faith we also know the beyond that death begins a new life- life eternal with God. Today…
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Reflection for the Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
I am sure that each of us has his or her own memory of the Operation Desert Shields/ Desert Storm. Each of us knew someone” over there ” Perhaps a…
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Reflection for the Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Through the manna, the bread from heaven. God gave the Israelites life, saving them from imminent death. Through this bread from heaven their faith in God’s care for them was…
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Reflection for the Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
The people who followed Jesus were continually amazed at the miracles that he performed. They followed him out of curiosity and out of need. He cured the sick, cast out…
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Statement of Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez Regarding Reinstating the Obligation to Attend Sunday Mass
“We have all felt the impact of COVID-19 in as individuals and families. It has been a time of acute hardship and struggle, of separation and isolation. It has also…