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The Love of Christ

ISA. 52: 13-53:12; HEB. 4:14-16; 5:7-9; JOHN 18:1-19:42. Lent began with Ash Wednesday, initiating this period of reflection, fasting, and alms-giving. During the liturgy on Ash Wednesday, we receive ashes with a reminder that our life is fleeting and we need to convert to the Gospel. We are given an abstract reminder that we all …

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United

READINGS: Exodus 12: 1-8; I Cor. 11: 23-26; John 13: 1-15 Have you ever wondered what keeps a people united? Why allows the people in France, or the United Kingdom, or the United States to live peacefully together and see themselves as bonded to neighbors and those living in the same country? Scholars offer many …

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Glory

Readings: Jer. 31:31-34; Heb. 5:7-9; John 12: 20-33 A few years ago a public opinion survey of teenagers asked what they wanted to be in the future and the answer, perhaps understandable but also shocking, was to be famous. Not just young people but many of us today would love to be famous, to be …

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Commandments

Readings: Exodus 20: 1-17; I. Cor. 1: 22-25; John 2: 13-25. Who likes rules and regulations? I know of no one who relishes being told what to do; it used to be inherent in our character as Americans to resist any attempt to restrain our freedoms. So how do we relate to the first reading …

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Transformation

READINGS: Genesis 22: 1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Romans 8: 31b-34; Mark 9: 2-10. Who hasn’t made the traditional “New Year’s Resolutions’ for self-improvement? Or who has not dreamed of the day when not shackled by some bad habit, sinful inclination, or a character flaw? We all do and, as Americans, concern about ‘self-help’ has been …

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Never Alone

READINGS: GENESIS 9: 8-15; I PETER 3: 18-22; MARK 1: 12-15. Remember the last time you traveled through a desert; perhaps it was the Mohave Desert or that Sonoran Desert of Arizona and Mexico. Do you remember what you experienced? If you are like most people what was most striking is the seemingly barren, dry …

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Ash Wednesday

Readings: Joel 2: 12-18; II Cor. 5:20-6:2; Matt. 6: 1-6; 1-18. There is much focus nowadays on the environment and our relationship to it. While much of this is framed in apocalyptic terms which induce endless hand-wringing with a sense not only of impending doom but of human powerlessness. And who needs that? So many …

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