by Fr. Jim Chern
Hi everyone, here's my homily for the FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT - March 17, 2013. The readings for today's Mass can be found at http://usccb.org/bible/readings/031713-fifth-sunday-lent.cfm.I am most grateful to the thousands of visitors who joined…
A collage made by one of our "Flexible Pilgrims" :) One insight I had this morning - it was something that I thought of off and on these last few weeks since Pope Benedict XVI…
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