https://youtu.be/em2MW3Ku8_k “Jesus’ forgiveness is the key that releases Peter from his sense of failure and embarrassment and sets Peter on the next chapter of the Christ’s story,” shares Father Jerry in today’s homily video above. “This Easter season may we use the key of forgiveness to free someone and ourselves from the prison of estrangement […]
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Thursday of the 7th Week of Easter
https://youtu.be/Gl5QvN0z7iQ Once there was a little doll made of salt. The little salt doll had an urge to see the world and she set off. One day she came to the edge of the sea. “What are you?” she cried. “Touch me and you will find out,” the sea answered. So the little salt doll […]
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https://youtu.be/mqs8g3k0tQw Viktor Frankl was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who chronicled the horror of his three years in four Nazi concentration camps. In his landmark book Man’s Search for Meaning, Dr. Frankl reflects on what he learned about finding meaning in all forms of existence, and thus, realizing a reason to continue living. Dr. Franko […]
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https://youtu.be/2C69TIOqmrM In the Gospels, Jesus spoke of His journey to Jerusalem, where He will give His life for the sake of the gospel He preached. Many of us have made our own journeys to Jerusalem, or we are in the midst of such a difficult, painful trip to Jerusalem of brokenness and illness, the Jerusalem […]
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https://youtu.be/8UOgpP_cvlk “We might think of today’s first reading as one of the first adult confirmation ceremonies,” says Father Jerry. “On his travels to the city of Ephesus, Paul meets a group of believers. They had been baptized by John the Baptizer at the Jordan and believed in Jesus as the Christ. The idea of the […]
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