Christ the King, Year C 2 Samuel 5:1-3 Psalm 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5 Colossians 1:12-20 Luke 23:35-43 November 20, 2016 Until the days when Saul became king, Israel had not had a king. There were leaders known as “judges” who lead the community. The people asked God to give them a king. Saul became the first …
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Today, November 15th, we celebrate the Memorial of St. Albert the Great, Bishop and Doctor of the Church. He lived in the 13th century. He joined the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) and became a teacher. His most famous student was St. Thomas Aquinas. As a Dominican priest, he was an expert in philosophy and theology. …
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Malachi 3:19-20a Psalm 98:5-6, 7-8, 9 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12 Luke 21:5-19 November 13, 2016 Our readings this week continue on the theme of what the End Times will be like. The question presented this week is when will it happen. With this in mind, they ask, “what sign …
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Many people think Catholic Social Teaching is something new. After all, there was never a complete document on it by a Pope until Pope Leo XIII wrote Rerum Novarum in 1891. Yet, if we truly understanding church teaching we learn that our social teaching goes back to Jesus’ words in Matthew 25:31-46 to feed the …
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In mid-October, I went on retreat for a week. I was at a place in Pennsylvania on a quiet road surrounded by woods. It was very peaceful and I was able to do a lot of spiritual reading and fruitful reflection. Then, I came back to St. Michael’s in Newark, NY and have been the …
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14 Psalm 17:1, 5-6, 15 2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5 Luke 20:27-38 November 6, 2016 When I arrived here just four months ago, we were all hot. That was summer. Now, summer is over and we are almost halfway through Fall. This means the temperatures are getting …
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31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Wisdom 11:22-12:2 Psalm 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13, 14 2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2 Luke 19:1-10 October 30, 2016 Zacchaeus is described as being “short in stature.” He was short enough that he couldn’t see Jesus through the crowd. Being small, he probably won’t have been able to fight his way …
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30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18 Psalm 34:2-3, 17-18, 19, 23 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 Luke 18:9-14 October 23, 2016 Today Jesus tells us about two people praying, a Pharisee and a tax collector. One becomes justified but not both. As we know, the Pharisee was one of the religious leaders …
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29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Exodus 17:8-13 Psalm 121:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2 Luke 18:1-8 October 16, 2016 The Israelites had to defend themselves from an attack by Amalek. Joshua leads the battle but Moses is instrumental in the success of the battle. Moses does not physically engage in the battle. …
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I don’t think many people would argue with the statement that prayer is important. Well, actually they might without meaning to. By this I simply acknowledge the fact that not everybody prays. Maybe they mean to but it isn’t the most important thing to them and so they let all their time be taken up by …
