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  • Wisdom Answers – An Advent Reflection on the O Antiphon

    Wisdom Answers – An Advent Reflection on the O Antiphon

    “O Wisdom, you come forth from the mouth of the Most High. You fill the universe and hold all things together in a strong yet gentle manner. O come to teach us the way of truth.”

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  • Advent Hope – Fr. Daniel Berrigan

    Advent Hope – Fr. Daniel Berrigan

    “It is not true that creation and the human family are doomed to destruction and loss— This is true: For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. It is not true that we must accept inhumanity and discrimination,…

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  • “I just needed to be reminded.” – A Sermon on Mark 13:24-37 for Advent 1B

    “I just needed to be reminded.” – A Sermon on Mark 13:24-37 for Advent 1B

    “We didn’t do it that way when we were kids.” “This isn’t the America I remember. It’s not like it used to be.” “The world is a different place these days. It’s changed.” “This isn’t the church I grew up in. I don’t know what happened to that church.” “Back in my day….” “This isn’t…

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  • Choices – A Sermon on Matthew 25:31-46

    Choices – A Sermon on Matthew 25:31-46

    Last week I was on the way home from running some errands. I stopped for the light at the square and a young man walked across the street in front of me. I recognized him as one of “the least of these.” I recognized him as the guy who came by my office just few…

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  • The Thanksgiving Feast

    The Thanksgiving Feast

    What if, however, we thought of the Eucharist as larger and more expansive than what we do on Sunday mornings? What if every offering of our thanks was a moment of Eucharist? What if we fed on the bread of gratitude in every moment, with every person, and in every place?

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  • Faith In The Days Of Tragedy

    Faith In The Days Of Tragedy

    There’s a part of me that just wants to scream, “Enough is enough! Make it stop. How much more can we take?” I am talking about Las Vegas, Maria, Irma, Harvey, Charlottesville, the ongoing wars and violence in the Middle East, terrorism, and the multiple genocides currently taking place in our world. I am talking…

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  • For Las Vegas, We Cry To You O Lord – A Litany Of Prayer

    For Las Vegas, We Cry To You O Lord – A Litany Of Prayer

    O Lord of life, the God of our salvation, who bears our burdens: Our lives and world have once again been shaken by violence and gunfire; this time in Las Vegas. We are weary because of our groaning. Every night we flood our bed with tears and drench our couch with weeping. Our eyes waste…

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  • Pray For Us St. Francis

    Pray For Us St. Francis

    Most high, omnipotent, good Lord, grant your people grace to renounce gladly the vanities of this world; that, following the way of blessed Francis, we may for love of you delight in your whole creation with perfectness of joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one…

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  • Seeing With The Eye Of The Heart – A Funeral Sermon on 2 Corinthians 4:16-5:9

    Seeing With The Eye Of The Heart – A Funeral Sermon on 2 Corinthians 4:16-5:9

    Richard knew a “secret, a very simple secret.” He knew and trusted that “it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince, chapter xxi) That is the secret that sustains us through our losses and gives hope on this…

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