A Mother’s Love
Mary shows us a side of our salvation and a side of God that is essential. She shows us the love of a mother. She reminds us that Jesus did […]
Posts & Updates
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Out in the Storm(s)
Last week’s Gospel reading told us about the most public of Jesus’ miracles. Next week’s Gospel reading will also be a very pubic miracle story. But today’s reading tells us […]
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The Good Shepherd Needs Assistants
Three former presidents spoke at the funeral of Congressman John Lewis last Thursday. All three spoke eloquently, but I enjoyed the story that President George W. Bush shared from John […]
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The Undivided Heart
Isn’t it amazing how much ingratitude there exists in human societies and in human nature? Two weeks ago we heard of one town that asked Jesus to leave, to get […]
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The Light of Christ is the light you are!
The quotes from Thomas Merton’s book Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander that were used in today’s sermon are printed below for easy access. The remaining text of the sermon is […]
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The Art of Wooing
Tucked away inside today’s Gospel story is a picture of a dysfunctional society at war with itself. The landscape of the tombs where the two demoniacs spent their existence was […]
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The new liturgy
Thomas Merton was a man with an unequalled ability to express his Christian faith without ever closing himself into any sort of fundamentalism. He was a Catholic monk of the […]
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The Gentiles and Jesus
Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear? For the Gentiles seek all these things; and your heavenly […]
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Art of Reconciliation
Wendy Patterson recently responded to some of the interviews posted on the Archdiocese website about racial reconciliation. She gave permission to share her thoughts: I watched & listened to the 1st […]
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Life in Metaphors
Sermon of June 21st, in Audio format only. No text version.