2nd Sunday of Advent, Year A Isaiah 11:1-10Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 (3)Romans 15:4-9Matthew 3:1-12 December 8, 2019 Advent is a time to reflect on the coming of Jesus. Last week’s gospel spoke of the Second Coming. The birth of Jesus that we celebrate at Christmas is the First Coming of Jesus. Today our gospel …
1st Sunday of Advent, Year AIsaiah 2:1-5Psalm 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9Romans 13:11-14Matthew 24:37-44December 1, 2019 Soon it will be Christmas but not yet. If you look at the stores, Christmas items have been out for a while. That doesn’t make it Christmas. Before we can celebrate Christmas, we first celebrate Advent. The season of …
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, Year C2 Samuel 5:1-3Psalm 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5 (see 1)Colossians 1:12-20Luke 23:35-43November 24, 2019 Today we begin the last week in Ordinary Time before we start a new liturgical year next week. To mark this point in the year, we celebrate this Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, …
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33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year CMalachi 3:19-20aPsalm 98:5-6, 7-8, 9 (see 9)2 Thessalonians 3:7-12Luke 21:5-19November 17, 2019 Today we celebrate the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. There are a total of 34 weeks in Ordinary Time (the remaining of the 52 weeks of the calendar are the seasons of Lent, Easter, Advent, and Christmas). …
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32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14Psalm 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15 (15b)2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5Luke 20:27-38November 10, 2019 We live in a troubled world. We see in is war and terrorism, shootings in schools and marketplaces. There is starvation and homelessness. There are the unemployed and those who fear losing their jobs. The …
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I just uploaded the video from the third and final presentation in my series, Our Saints and Intercessors to my website at www.renewaloffaith.org/saints3. In this presentation, we talk about St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Luke, and then pull all three presentations together. Don’t forget you can double-click on the video to make it full screen. Watch …
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year CWisdom 11:22-12:2Psalm 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13, 14 (see 1)2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2Luke 19:1-10November 3, 2019 A few years ago, I was ministering in a parish that had a school. One of the things we would do was bring each classroom to the church for a tour. One day we brought …
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St. Luke Parish – Mass of RemembranceWisdom 3:1-6, 9Psalm 103Romans 8:31-35, 37-39Matthew 11:25-30November 2, 2019 It is Fall outside. That should be obvious. The leaves have been changing colors. The grass has stopped growing. The gardens are dying off. Birds have migrated. Compared to a few months ago, nature seems barren of life. Yet, we …
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30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year CSirach 35:12-14, 16-18Psalm 34:2-3, 17-18, 19, 23 (7a)2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18Luke 18:9-14October 27, 2019 We continue to hear about prayer in our readings this week. Today, the question addressed start with whose prayer gets answered. First, we hear that God “knows no favorites.” God listens to everyone’s prayers. Yet, …
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Twelve years ago, on June 30, 2007, I was ordained a priest in the Roman Catholic Church. I serve and am incarnated in the Diocese of Rochester. Priests who are incarnated in a diocese are called diocesan or secular priests. Of course, there are also religious priests who belong to a particular religious order like …
