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Reflections on the Scriptures Fifth Sunday of Lent Gospel C Go and sin no more

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Fifth Sunday of Lent Gospel CJesus went to the Mount of Olives. But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and...

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Thought of the Day April 2, 2025 The burden removed

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 Psalms 37:5 For my iniquities have walked over my head, and they have been like a heavy burden weighing upon me.   Sin is like a heavy burden upon us. For, living in...

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Thought of the Day April 1, 2025 No peace in my bones

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Psalms 37:4 There is no health in my flesh before the face of your wrath. There is no peace for my bones before the face of my sins.   When we sin and...

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Thought of the Day March 31. 2025 Lord, pierce me with your love.

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 Psalms 37:3 For your arrows have been driven into me, and your hand has been confirmed over me.   What are the arrows? St Augustine says they could be the effects of Original...

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Thought of the Day March 28, 2025 Be merciful, O Lord

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 Psalms 37:2 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, nor chastise me in your wrath.   We know we have sinned in many ways. We know that justly we desire severe...

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Thought of the Day March 27, 2025 We give you thanks

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 Psalms 31:11 Rejoice in the Lord and exult, you just ones, and glory, all you upright of heart.   The Psalmist began by realizing how blessed he was for God’s merciful forgiveness of...

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Homily Fourth Sunday of Lent Year C Which one are we?

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 Homily Fourth Sunday of Lent Year C Reading 1: What was the reproach of Egypt?  It was the rebellious heart of the people of God. For 40 years many of them grumbled and...

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Thought of the Day March 26, 2025 Seek the mercy of the Lord

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 Psalms 31:10 “Many are the scourges of the sinner, but mercy will surround him that hopes in the Lord.” The scourges can come from the effects of sin in one’s life or from...

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Reflectiion on the Scriptures Fourth Sunday of Lent Gospel C Which one are we?

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Fourth Sunday of Lent Gospel CTax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with...

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Thought of the Day March 25, 2025 Look upon me with mercy and love

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Psalms 31:8 I will give you understanding, and I will instruct you in this way, in which you will walk. I will fix my eyes upon you.   Once the sinner has repented...

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Thought of the Day March 24, 2025 God, my defender

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 Psalms 31:7 “You are my refuge from the tribulation that has surrounded me. You are my exultation: rescue me from those who are surrounding me.” Once David experienced the merciful forgiveness from God,...

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Thought of the Day March 21, 2025 You embrace me with your love

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 Psalms 31:5 “I have acknowledged my offense to you, and I have not concealed my injustice. I said, ‘I will confess against myself, my injustice to the Lord’ and you forgave the impiety...

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Homily Third Sunday of Lent Year C Call to repent

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 Homily Third Sunday of Lent Year C   Reading 1: The background to our reading. Moses had killed an Egyptian and has fled the wrath of Pharaoh. Now, God appears to him to...

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Thought of the Day March 20, 2025 I have ungrateful and selfish

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 Psalms 31:4 “For, day and night, your hand was heavy upon me. I have been converted in my anguish, while still the thorn is piercing.” It wasn’t until the prophet Nathan confronted David...

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Thought of the Day March 19, 2025 The weight of our sins

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 Psalm 32:3 Because I was silent, my bones grew old, while still I cried out all day long. After David committed adultery and Bathsheba is with child, the King sinned again by commanding...

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Reflection on the Scriptures Third Sunday of Lent Gospel C Need to repent

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 Third Sunday of Lent Gospel CSome people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices. Jesus said to them in reply, “Do you think that...

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Thought of the Day March 18, 2025 Do you want to be blessed?

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 Psalms 32:2 “Blessed is the man to whom the Lord has not imputed sin, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.” We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of...

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Thought of the day March17, 2025 Imitate God

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 Psalms 31:1 “Blessed are they whose iniquities have been forgiven and whose sins have been covered.”   What a mystery of divine revelation! Not only does God forgive our sins, he no longer...

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Thought of the Day March 14, 2025 God's initiatiive

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 Psalm 31: overview. David recognizes and testifies that forgiveness and mercy are unmerited graces that come solely from an all merciful and full-of-compassionate God. When we acknowledge our sinfulness and entrust ourselves to...

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Thought of the Day March 13, 2025 Stand firm

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 Psalms 6:9-10 “Scatter before me, all you who work iniquity, for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping. The Lord has heard my supplication. The Lord has accepted my prayer.”  ...

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Thought of the Day March 12, 2025 Forgiveness

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 Psalms 6:8 My eye has been troubled by rage. I have grown old among all my enemies. Here, David may be referring to the rebellion of his own son, who sought the throne...

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Reflection on the Scriptures Second Sunday of Lent Gospel C Hear him

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 Second Sunday of Lent Gospel CJesus took Peter, John, and James and went up the mountain to pray. · Jesus, in his humanity, saw the need to go aside and pray even when people...

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Thought of the Day March 11, 2025 Weep and mourn

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 Psalms 6:7 I have labored in my groaning. Every night, with my tears, I will wash my bed and drench my blanket.   If the author of this psalm is David, he acknowledges...

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Thought of the Day March 10, 2025 Praise God now and etenally

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 Psalm 6:6 “For there is no one in death who would be mindful of you. And who will confess to you in Hell?” It was the Old Testament understanding that, once people died,...

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Homily First Sunday of Lent Year C Confession of faith

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 Homily First Sunday of Lent Year C   Reading 1: Why were the people required to bring a tithe of their crops as a gift of sacrifice to God each year? God did...

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Thought of the Day February 7, 2025 Return to the Lord.

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 Psalms 6:5 “Turn to me, Lord, and rescue my soul. Save me because of your mercy.”  In Malachi 3-7 we read: “Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord.”...

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Reflection on the Scriptures First confrontation with Satan

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 First Sunday of Lent Gospel CFilled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil. ·...

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Thought of the Day March 6, 2025 The chastisement of the Lord

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 Psalm 6:2-3 “O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, nor chastise me in your anger. Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am weak. Heal me, Lord, for my bones have...

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Thought of the Day March 5, 2025 Not fury, but mercy

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 Psalms 6:2-3 “O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, nor chastise me in your anger. Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am weak. Heal me, Lord, for my bones have...

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Thought of the Day March 4, 2025 Lord, have mercy

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 During the season of Lent, we will be reflecting on the seven Penitential Psalms. Each week we will reflect on one of the following psalms: 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, 143. As...

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Thought of the Day March 3, 2025 Time with the Lord

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 "Be with him and listen. Listen to the One who invites you. Be quiet. Like a child dwells in the house with her mother and father. Just dwell. Play around. Be there. A...

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Thought of the Day February 28, 2025 Embrace his mercy

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 This, then, is the third call to conversion: a call to hope, to trust in God and his great promise of eternal life. Let us ask ourselves: Am I convinced that the Lord...

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Thought of the Day February 27, 2025 The I Am is here

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 "And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it." Luke 12: 29This is another way of saying live in the present moment, focusing on the...

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Homily Eighth Sunday Year C Need to work on our own sins.

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 Homily: Eight Sunday Year C   Reading 1: One’s speech and words tell us much about a person, his character, his values, his motives and his true self. One uses a sieve or...

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Thought of the Day February 26, 2025 Choice

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 “You are my strength, I sing praise to you; you, God, are my fortress, my God on whom I can rely." Psalm 59: 17What would our life be without God? That would be a...

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Thought of the Day February 24, 2025 Divine initimacy

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 The intimate relationship between the Father and the Son has a name. It is Spirit. Holy Spirit. “I want you to have my Spirit.” “Spirit” means “breath.” It comes from the ancient Greek...

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Thought of the Day February 21, 2025 Desire of our heart

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 What is the desire of your heart? If it is not "we shall be like God, for we shall see him as he is", then our life will be a waste. "The entire...

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Thought of the Day February 20, 2025 A servant's heart

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 As Christian disciples of Jesus we are called to be a leader in the name of Jesus. Our Lord made it clear that our leadership needs to be modeled after his ministry. His...

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Thought of the Day February 19, 2025 God is in the present moment

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 It is hard for us to really and fully be attentive and comfortable in the present moment of God's grace in our lives.  Some live more in the past. The past is now...

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Reflection on Scirpture Seventh Sunday Gospel C A disciple lives differently

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 Seventh Sunday Gospel CJesus said to his disciples: “To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who...

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Thought of the Day February 18, 2025 A disciple/witness

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 In baptism we were anointed, consecrated and sealed with the Oil of Chrism as a disciple of Jesus Christ. A disciple is one who remains in the company of Jesus, so as to...

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Thought of the Day February 17, 2025 All is Grace

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 All is grace. It is so easy for us to forget this truth. It is grace that I exist, that I have been redeemed, that I have been sanctified and anointed, that prayers...

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Thought of the Day February 14, 2025 God's love for you

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 On this, Valentine's day, God desires to restate his personal and real love for each of us. It is easy to read about his love. But sometimes it is hard to allow that...

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Thought of the Day February 13, 2025 My inheritance

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 Someone has said: "I am who I am in the eyes of God, nothing more, nothing less."  My identity is not in my career, not in my accomplishments, not defined by others, nor...

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