Monthly Archives: May 2008

Thursday of the Eighth Week of Ordinary Time

Today's readings [display_podcast] One of the voices that can never be silenced in us is the voice that cries out seeking to see.  We spend our whole lives crying out as Bartimaeus in today’s Gospel: “Master, I want to see.”  … Continue reading

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The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

Today's readings [display_podcast] After my first year in seminary, during the summer, I was sent to live for six weeks in Mexico in order to learn Spanish.  I wish that endeavor had been more successful, but I did in fact … Continue reading

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The Most Holy Trinity

Today's readings [display_podcast] What is God like? Today’s celebration of the Most Holy Trinity reminds us of the fact that God loved the world he created so much that he was determined to remain in relationship with it.  “God so … Continue reading

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Thursday of the Sixth Week of Ordinary Time

Today's readings [display_podcast] Sometimes, it seems, we think that God is too big to deal with our paltry little problems.  In thinking that way, though, we make God out to be quite a bit smaller than he really is.  We … Continue reading

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Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Ordinary Time

Today's readings [display_podcast]    One of the things I sometimes struggle with, and maybe some of you do too, is that I am often tempted to eat the wrong things.  Somehow, if I’m watching TV or something, I get an … Continue reading

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The Solemnity of Pentecost

Today's readings [display_podcast] In a few moments we will stand together and pray these beautiful words: We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and … Continue reading

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Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter

Today's readings [display_podcast]   There are two kinds of communication that are spoken of in today’s Gospel.  The first is rumor, and the second is truth.  The rumor in the Gospel came about as a result of a misinterpretation of … Continue reading

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May Crowning

Today's Readings: Acts 1:12-14, John 19:25-27[Mass for the school children.] There is a prayer, the “Hail Mary” that we say all the time.  How many of you know it, boys and girls?  Since we are crowning Mary today, I thought … Continue reading

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Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter

Today's readings [display_podcast]   Sometimes we get an idea and it seems well, a little uncomfortable.  We may well have had a call or even a gentle moving from the Lord, and are afraid to act on it.  Today’s Scriptures … Continue reading

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