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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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October 26, 2024 at 2:41:05 PM

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30TH SUNDAY: WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO FOR YOU? (2)

This weekend, we are continuing with the theme from the 29th Sunday, “What do you want me to do for you?” The sequence in Mark's...

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October 19, 2024 at 3:55:53 PM

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29TH SUNDAY: WHAT DO YOU WISH ME TO DO FOR YOU?

I have wondered why this question appears twice in the same chapter (10:36,51) of Mark’s gospel and what Jesus intends for his followers...

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October 12, 2024 at 2:28:50 PM

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28TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: OUR UNFINISHED BUSINESSES

Mk. Ch. 10:17-30 makes me believe that there are stories in the Bible that were not completely recorded (Jn. 21:25). Why do I say that?...

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October 5, 2024 at 3:08:44 PM

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27TH SUNDAY: CHRIST SAYS, “BUT FROM THE BEGINNING…” WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR MARRIAGE?

In the introduction of his book, Be   Devoted , Bob Schuchts writes, “Deep down, we all want to be loved and to love in this way – with...

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September 28, 2024 at 12:13:57 PM

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26TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: OUR JEALOUSIES WON'T PREVENT DIVINE SURPRISES

Two parallel incidents are presented in the readings of this weekend: A young man quickly told Moses that two elders, Eldad and Medad,...

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