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Catholic Insights: February 2013
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013. Blog # 296 LENT - 3. Blog # 296 Lent - 3. Some of us 'old timers' will remember among the toys we used to play with were these: Lincoln logs, erector sets, and building blocks. You start with a big box of many pieces and put them together piece by piece until you build a bridge, a house, or a store. This year it occurred to me to reflect upon these experiences from long ago and apply my recollections to our celebration of Holy Week. What degree of commitment to it do I desir...
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Catholic Insights: February 2015
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Saturday, February 28, 2015. Blog # 451 Come to me. Blog # 451 Come to me. It seems to me that if we are to understand what. A person is doing we have to try to understand why. He or she is doing it. The goal. Of our actions gives them meaning. Why did Jesus come? Jesus frequently identifies himself as being. By the Father and always doing. The Word 'came' from Heaven and lived among us as one of us so that we might 'go' to Heaven living in Jesus! The supernatural gift that makes this possible we have ca...
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Missionary By Our Very Nature: June 2014
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Missionary By Our Very Nature. Reclaiming the Church's Missionary Identity. Monday, June 30, 2014. Three Missionary Loves - Homily for the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul and Glenmary Mission Appeal. There is a very well kept secret in the church today that I think needs to be shared with you all:. Every Christian is called to be a missioner. That is right, each one of you sitting here right now, myself included, is called to be a missioner. But what in the world does that mean? They shine to us as examples...
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Missionary By Our Very Nature: May 2015
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Missionary By Our Very Nature. Reclaiming the Church's Missionary Identity. Sunday, May 3, 2015. Being Homesick at Home- Homily for this Weekend. 8220;I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.”. Today we have the privilege as a community to celebrate the sacrament of baptism. But it’s also a bit strange, if we think about it. In a few minutes, we will embrace this child, Benedict, as a community. If we are in the l...
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Missionary By Our Very Nature: March 2014
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Missionary By Our Very Nature. Reclaiming the Church's Missionary Identity. Sunday, March 30, 2014. Seeing Can be a Dangerous Thing- Homily for the 4th Sunday of Lent. We all have a desire to see. Going to a professional sports game, there is nothing better than seeing that first glimpse of the field. You enter the stadium, walking through concrete walls and darkness. Navigating your way through crowds you find your section. You ascend stairs going up and up. Then, you walk out towards the light. For we ...
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Missionary By Our Very Nature: May 2014
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Missionary By Our Very Nature. Reclaiming the Church's Missionary Identity. Sunday, May 11, 2014. Being Good Shepherds - Homily for the 4th Sunday of Easter. As many of you know I worked on a hog farm growing up. But one summer the owners got tired of mowing the lawn so they bought sheep. They put up a fence. And then they threw a horse in the pen with the sheep. Well that horse became the shepherd for those sheep. Wherever it went, the sheep went. They looked to it for protection. It is that people desi...
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Catholic Insights: June 2013
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Sunday, June 30, 2013. Blog #306 The answer is love. Blog # 306 The answer is love. Even an unbeliever, can know and share historical human elements in the life of Jesus two thousand years ago from reading the account of it in the Bible and from the research of scholars about the historical conditions of Palestine when Jesus lived and died. Only a. In the words and actions of Jesus.(Jn 14: 9,10). Only for a believer is the Resurrected Jesus. In our world today. In the mystery of our faith. His only Son&#...
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Catholic Insights: March 2015
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Sunday, March 22, 2015. Blog 462 Gifts of God's Love. Blog # 462 Gifts of God's Love. Isaiah 35: 4ff we hear the Prophet telling the people of God's great power and love for them. There is no need to be afraid. God is with us! The blind will see, The deaf will hear. The lame run. Those who cannot speak will sing! Water is promised even in the desert. God's power is without limit. God' love is real. Others could heal the body in the name of God and in some instances (in their own minds) independently of G...
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Catholic Insights: April 2015
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Thursday, April 30, 2015. Blog # 476 Living as the Body of Christ. Blog # 476 Living as the Body of Christ. Before we forget, I thought it might be good to have a blog that would help us guarantee the benefits Lent offered us as a believing community. In the early Church Lent was a time for the intensive preparation of those getting ready for. Lent is a community experience in which the whole Church. To 'make up' for our individual sins. The emphasis seemed to be upon. Rather than an act. Since Vatican 1...
