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WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO DO FOR YOUR…

What are you willing to do for your faith, for what you believe? At the core that’s the question we encounter with this Gospel.  It seems such an awkward episode.  Because, on the surface, Jesus’…

BIGGER THAN A MIRACLE

They just finished dinner.   Keep that in mind.  This Gospel picks up (somewhat randomly for the way the lectionary normally functions) right where we left off in yesterday (Sunday’s) Gospel reading. It’s like those Television…

WHAT IS IN OUR CONTROL (& ISN’T)

What is in our control and what isn’t?  That’s always an important question for people in terms of juggling responsibilities and managing their lives and expectations.  But even more so, that probably been one of…

ORDINARY, EVERYDAY MIRACLES

There’s a sadness with this familiar story about Jesus attempting to minister at home. We know the details on a historical level - Jesus is not able to accomplish very much because the people’s limited…

KINGDOM OF HEAVEN… PRICELESS

In the advertising world - it’s rare that a marketing campaign would continue for many years, let alone decades.  Yet, the tag-line: there’s some things in life that money can’t buy. For everything else there’s…

WHY ARE THERE WEEDS IN YOUR GARDEN?

Why is there this viral pandemic?  Why are there still all these shut downs - people having to wear masks, people losing their jobs, all the things that are causing our world to feel upside…

PROTECT YOUR GARDEN

One of the beautiful things about Jesus’ parables is that he uses these everyday examples to make his teaching more relatable, more accessible to every body.  But I have to confess that this particular parable…

WHO AND WHOSE YOU ARE…

As St. Peter said to Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration - “It is good to be here.”  It is good to be back together at Mass in our Church.  Thank you for all your…