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Prayer, Call, and Action

Prayer, Call, and Action

Today in the Gospel of Luke we find Jesus at the beginning of his public ministry. In today’s group organizational theories, he would be organizing his team, setting-up his mission statement, deciding goals, and picking objectives. Instead, we see that Jesus has a...

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Outside the Camp

Outside the Camp

Although the expression “outside the camp” appears nowhere in today’s reading, it is a core biblical idea at play in both today’s first reading from the 1st Letter to the Corinthians and gospel passage from Luke. In Sacred Scripture, the expression "outside the camp"...

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The Best Seats in the Assembly

The Best Seats in the Assembly

In our Christian assemblies we tend to forget the children. That is except of course the little babies who scream and cry. And to do away with the screamers, we put them in a special room in the back where they cannot be heard or seen! Overall, even the bigger...

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God’s Field

God’s Field

We are all aware of the divisions in our modern society.  There are divisions and polarization not only in the political but also in the religious sphere.  Perhaps surprisingly this is nothing new.  We hear in today’s first reading that Paul must deal with divisions...

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Outside the Camp

Wisdom and Folly

Today’s first reading from St. Paul is part of a cohesive thought that he has been building upon since the beginning of this 1st Letter to the Corinthians (which began with Friday’s readings and continues for about three weeks.) It all began after Paul left the...

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Fulfilled in Your Hearing

Fulfilled in Your Hearing

In today’s Gospel Jesus does something you and I do each Sunday.  Jesus went to worship his Heavenly Father on the Sabbath.  He read from the Word of God and preached a noticeably short homily.  The synagogue service began with Hymns and Psalms.  Then there was a...

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Nothing Borrowed

Nothing Borrowed

A world of information, expert advice, and knowledge all sit at our fingertips. With all that available to us via a simple query or the use of artificial intelligence such as Chat GPT, we should have plenty of answers to our questions. But will the answers carry...

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Grace

Grace

In today’s first reading Paul greets the Corinthians with these words: “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”  The words of this greeting are also used as one of the greetings at the beginning of mass: Priest: “Grace to you and peace...

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