Don’t Mess With the Lord’s Prayer
Pope Francis has decided to change to the wording of the Lord’s Prayer. Instead of saying “lead us not into temptation”, Catholics will now say “do not let us fall […]
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A Lesson from Normandy
An item this morning on television told the story of what made the difference on June 6, 1944. President-elect John F. Kennedy asked outgoing President Eisenhower what had made all […]
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Not the Commodity Jesus – A Sermon, 2 June 2019
Thanks to two recent funerals I had the chance to talk with people from other churches. The story is the same everywhere: shrinking participation in Liturgy and in church activities […]
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A Hearty Farewell
Today at the end of Liturgy we said goodbye to two of the most faithful members of our church community: Berhane Eyeass and Leteslase Tesema. To many of us they […]
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80 Years Young!
A wonderful celebration today of the 80th birthday of our one and only Demosthenes! Demo and his wife Angela have been and are stalwarts of our church community. The church […]
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The Delight of Faithfulness
Most people are allergic to commandments. And the same people associate the church with rules and commandments. But that is not how the ancient Israelites looked upon commandments. Psalm 119 […]
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Our Eyes Are Wide Open
We are living in an incredibly beautiful and exciting time. So many discoveries are being made, to expand our awareness of life and the universe. Just a couple weeks ago […]
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Faith is the Cross!
Two Sundays ago we heard about the faith of the four friends who brought a man through the roof of a house so that Jesus would heal him. Today we […]
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Sunday School in Bloom
Today’s Sunday School lesson was Growing in Christ. Among the scriptures the children read today: See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.Flowers appear on the earth; the season […]
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It would be so easy…
Michel Quoist was a French priest and author (1918-97). A recently published collection of some of his best short writings and prayers includes the following. It could have been written […]