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Jars of clay

Jars of clay

Today’s first reading is one of my favorite passages from St. Paul: “We hold this treasure in earthen vessels” (2 Cor 4:7) –  also as “jars of clay”. It points out one of the great paradoxes of this life of discipleship: it leads to glory, but...
What am I to tell them?

What am I to tell them?

Today’s first reading continues the story of Moses’ encounter with God on Mt. Horeb. God has commanded Moses to return to the “scene of the crime,” – his own taking of a life and Pharaoh’s attempted infanticide. Moses asks a reasonable question, “When I go to...
What am I to tell them?

The Burning Bush

In the first reading for today we continue with the story of Moses who “was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian.” (Ex 3:1) Meanwhile “A long time passed, during which the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their bondage...
Farewell Message from Our Pastor

Farewell Message from Our Pastor

Dear Parishioners, The time has come to say farewell.  This is my last weekend at the parish.  I leave for St. Bonaventure University next weekend and will begin my ministry on campus.  I have already been involved in Zoom meetings with the President of the University...
Feast of St. Bonaventure

Feast of St. Bonaventure

Tomorrow is the Feast of St. Bonaventure (July 15). In many ways St. Bonaventure is a Saint for the times in which we live – when divisions are ripe and the unity of a nation is being sorely tested. In the years while St. Francis was alive, the Franciscan Order...