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February 22, 2025 at 1:14:53 PM

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SEVENTH SUNDAY: LOVE YOUR ENEMIES AND DO GOOD TO THEM: TOUGH CALL!

Have you had what could be described as “a golden opportunity” to take revenge? Perhaps you feel good about such an opportunity. That is...

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February 15, 2025 at 5:24:35 PM

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6TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: THE BLESSEDNESS WE SEEK

Christ presents the path for the truly blessed in the gospel. He identifies the two radically contradictory ways, blessedness and woe....

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February 8, 2025 at 8:08:54 PM

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5TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: CASTING INTO THE DEEP WITH JESUS

·       Isaiah says, "Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips." ·       Paul...

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February 1, 2025 at 3:42:17 PM

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THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD: OUR SIMEON MOMENTS AND OUR ENCOUNTERS WITH GOD

An "encounter with God" is defined as a personal, transformative experience where an individual feels a direct presence of God. Feelings...

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January 25, 2025 at 5:21:01 PM

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3RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: HEALING THROUGH COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

The action of the priest Ezra in the Old Testament can be likened to that of Christ in the gospel. As Ezra reads from the Book, “All the...

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January 18, 2025 at 12:48:47 PM

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2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: “Do whatever he tells you.”

The gospel is a popular story of the wedding miracle at Cana in Galilee. It shows various dimensions of relationships and emotions. It...

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December 21, 2024 at 12:18:58 PM

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4TH SUNDAY OF ADVENT: MARY’S LEGACY OF LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP

The story of the Blessed Mother is an integral part of the incarnation story, and we hear that story in the visit to her cousin...

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December 14, 2024 at 1:07:06 PM

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3RD SUNDAY OF ADVENT: KEEPING THE CHRISTIAN FAITH REAL: “REJOICE!”

It is the Gaudete Sunday, and the church invites us to “rejoice.” This invitation, like the Israel of Zephaniah’s time, is to sing...

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December 7, 2024 at 2:46:41 PM

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2ND SUNDAY OF ADVENT: THE SPLENDOR OF GOD’S GLORY

Jerusalem is returning from the Babylonian exile and is suffering. The people are grieving and mourning, wearing a garment of grief, and...

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November 30, 2024 at 4:55:35 PM

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AS ADVENT BEGINS: IN MEMORY OF FR. EMMANUEL (Anams)

I want to dedicate my homily on this First Sunday of Advent to a dear friend, Fr. Emmanuel Chibuzor Anamanaeze (RIP) ( aka Anams). Fr....

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November 9, 2024 at 4:39:04 PM

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32ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: “…A LITTLE OIL IN MY JUG”: THE MESSAGE OF HOPE IN OUR TIME

The readings this weekend present yet another interesting aspect of our relationship with God. The vertical dimension of our lives...

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November 2, 2024 at 4:43:21 PM

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31ST SUNDAY: TO LOVE GOD WITH YOUR HEART (IN THE LIGHT OF DILEXIT NOS)

Echoing the Pope and Scripture Pope Francis released his 4th encyclical titled “Dilexit Nos” (He Loved Us) on October 24, 2024....

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