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Peter and Paul

Peter and Paul

Peter and Paul were both apostles and saints, but they were by no means perfect!  As we hear in today’s Gospel Jesus gives Simon the name Cephas or Rock (Peter) after he confesses, “You are the Christ (Messiah), the Son of the living God.”  Peter received this insight...
Love Your Enemies

Love Your Enemies

“So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.”  Today’s Gospel continues Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-7:28).  Jesus’ teaching in today’s Gospel is the most challenging of all his teachings: “Love your enemy…Be perfect.” In this section of the...
Love of God

Love of God

Today is the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  This feast celebrates the love of God.  Today’s readings bring out that the “heart” of the Scriptures is God’s love for each one of us.  God’s love for us comes first and then we in turn are called upon to love God...
Lord, have Mercy!

Lord, have Mercy!

Today’s Gospel is the story of the healing of a blind man.  His name is Timaeus, the Son of Timaeus, Bar-Timaeus.  (Bar is the Aramaic word for son).  This blind man, hearing that Jesus of Nazareth is near, cries out, “Lord, have mercy!”  Jesus heals him with the...
Memorial

Memorial

Today we celebrate both Memorial Day and the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of the Church.  In today’s Gospel Jesus hands over the care of his mother to the Beloved Disciple: “When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to...