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Month: February 2014

ARE YOU SALTY ENOUGH

Thoughts + HomilyFebruary 6, 2026

A week ago at Sunday Mass, we started into what many scholars call “the greatest sermon ever given”—the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus opens with some of the most recognizable lines from scripture, the Beatitudes:…

WHEN LOVE SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE

Thoughts + HomilyFebruary 22, 2025

As Catholics, we stake our lives on a mystery that stunned Jesus’ first followers: the bread and wine at Mass become His real Body and Blood. Not a symbol, not a memory, but Christ Himself—present…

THE NEED FOR PATIENCE (Coming from a most…

Thoughts + HomilyFebruary 2, 2014

Merry Christmas! - Today we celebrate the FEAST OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD - 40 Days since Christmas, which is the final feast of the Christmas Season - (just saw a picture that at…

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  • Bible In A Year Reflections 15
    • I – Early World 1
    • II – Patriarchs 1
    • III – Egypt & Exodus 1
    • IV – Desert Wanderings 1
    • IX – Divided Kingdom 1
    • V – Conquest and Judges 1
    • VI – Messianic Checkpoint: Gospel of John 1
    • VII –Royal Kingdom 1
    • VIII- Messianic Checkpoint: Gospel of Mark 1
    • X – Exile 1
    • XI – Messianic Checkpoint: Gospel of Matthew 1
    • XII – Return 1
    • XIII – Maccabean Revolt 1
    • XIV – Messianic Fulfillment: Gospel of Luke 1
    • XV – The Church 1
  • Thoughts + Homily 1,088

About

Fr. Jim Chern has been a priest in the Archdiocese of Newark since 1999.

He graduated with his master’s in theology from Seton Hall University. After his graduation he was assigned to Our Lady of Lourdes parish where he served as Parochial Vicar for 7 years.

In 2007 he was named director of the Newman Catholic Center at Montclair State University where he still serves.

In 2018 Fr. Jim was additionally named Archdiocesan Director of Campus Ministry by Cardinal Joseph Tobin.

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