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The Hand that Reaches

The Hand that Reaches

The Lord said: “Woe to you Pharisees!… You are like unseen graves over which people unknowingly walk.” (Luke 11:42). Not for all the tea in China would I watch a horror movie. Even at my age they would still induce nightmares. It has been 48 years and even thinking...
Freedom

Freedom

“For freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery.”  Paul’s letter to the Galatians is the great letter of Christian freedom.  Paul declares that Christ has set us free, free from Sin.  Paul sees Sin as a power that entices...
Signs and Sight

Signs and Sight

“This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah. Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.” (Luke 11:29-30) In the Gospel for last Friday Jesus casts out...
The greatest gift

The greatest gift

In today’s first reading, the epistle to the Galatians, the apostles make clear that justification does come by works of the law: “For all who depend on works of the law are under a curse.” The Church has, from its earliest times, condemned “works salvation” as I...