Monthly Archives: November 2007

St. Andrew the Apostle

Posted on November 30, 2007 by Father Pat

Today's readings | Today's saint[Mass for the school children.] Today we celebrate the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle.  Is anyone here named Andrew?  If so, this is your special feast day.  But it is also a feast day for … Continue reading →

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Wednesday of the Thirty-fourth Week of Ordinary Time

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Father Pat

Today’s readings Two are being asked to speak on behalf of their faith today. The first is Daniel, who was asked by King Belshazzar to interpret the handwriting on the wall. (You’ve heard that expression “I can read the writing … Continue reading →

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Monday of the Thirty-fourth Week of Ordinary Time

Posted on November 26, 2007 by Father Pat

Today’s readings You know, every time we hear this story about the widow’s mite, the story is equated with the call to stewardship. That’s the classic explanation of the text. And there’s nothing wrong with that explanation. I might even … Continue reading →

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Our Lord Jesus Christ the King

Posted on November 25, 2007 by Father Pat

Today’s readings I have to admit that this solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King is a funny feast with which to end our Church year. First of all, we Americans don’t get the whole king thing. The monarchical … Continue reading →

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Friday of the Twenty-third Week of Ordinary Time

Posted on November 23, 2007 by Father Pat

Today’s readings Well, with Thanksgiving yesterday, we’ve taken a bit of a break from the readings we have had all week from the book of Maccabees. Today we rejoin the story but it seems things are quite different. On Monday, … Continue reading →

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For the Beauty of the Earth

Posted on November 20, 2007 by Father Pat

For the Beauty of the Earth, arr. John Rutter

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Tuesday of the Thirty-third Week of Ordinary Time

Posted on November 20, 2007 by Father Pat

Today’s readings Well, the story we started to hear in yesterday’s first reading about Israel has festered a bit. You may remember yesterday that king Antiochus Epiphanes began to lead the people to follow the ways of the Gentiles: covering … Continue reading →

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Monday of the Thirty-third Week of Ordinary Time

Posted on November 19, 2007 by Father Pat

Today’s readings Terrible affliction was upon Israel. That’s what we’re told in today’s first reading. Why? Well, because they forgot they had a God who could take care of them. Because they were afflicted by the foreign occupation, they thought … Continue reading →

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Thirty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time

Posted on November 18, 2007 by Father Pat

Today’s readings Have you ever felt like the world was coming to an end? Because that’s just exactly how the original readers of Luke’s Gospel felt. The glorious Temple of Jerusalem, once stately and glimmering white and gold in the … Continue reading →

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St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Posted on November 13, 2007 by Father Pat

Today’s readings | Today’s saint “We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were obliged to do.” Those words could well have been said by Mother Cabrini. She was a humble woman of great faith and fortitude, who stayed … Continue reading →

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