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Behold, Your Mother

Behold, Your Mother

Today is the memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows.  The Gospels, particularly the Gospels of John and Luke, bring out the sorrows and pains that Mary had to endure as she saw the great suffering of her Son.  When Jesus’ parents presented him in the Jerusalem Temple the...

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The Yoke

The Yoke

A yoke is a heavy restricting harness that is used to force large animals of burden to work together to pull heavy loads. Usually, a yoke is made of a beam of wood that rests on the oxen’s shoulder and more wood that wraps around the neck and chest to force two or...

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Love Your Enemies

Love Your Enemies

In today’s Gospel is Jesus’ most difficult and challenging teaching.  It was difficult in the 1st century, and it is difficult in our time, especially today as we remember the terrorist attack of our enemies on 9/11.  Jesus’ words are especially difficult to hear on...

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Seek What Is Above

Seek What Is Above

Today’s first reading from Colossians exhorts us to “seek what is above” in other words, to seek and do the will of God.  We know the will of God because through our baptism we are already “living” in heaven.  In baptism we die to our old self and rise to become new...

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Family Stories

Family Stories

Today you might ask a new neighbor or a new parishioner, “Where are you from?” It is a normal question. Growing up in the South it was equally likely for someone to ask, “Who are your people?” Today’s gospel is the answer to that question, which at first hearing,...

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Jesus and God

Jesus and God

In today’s first reading from Colossians Paul is probably quoting from a very early Christian hymn. This hymn sings and teaches us about Jesus and therefore about the one true God.  First, we hear that “Christ Jesus is the image of the invisible God.”  From the Greek...

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Deep Water

Deep Water

The life of professional fishermen does not change much. There is the repetitive flow of the seasons and the work of casting nets, repairing nets, and hauling fish. Peter, James, and John knew all the secrets of their craft. They knew where, when, and how to cast the...

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