https://youtu.be/I2m8u1X-9ek “Each year our Jewish brothers and sisters celebrate what for them is the holiest day of the year, Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement,” says Father Jerry in today’s homily, “On this day they are invited to confront the reality of their own death.” The liturgical high point of Yom Kippur is the recitation […]
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The Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
https://youtu.be/P8BBewvqxjQ Today the church celebrates The Solemnity of Saint Joseph, the spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Bible pays Joseph the highest compliment: he was a just man. When the Bible speaks of God justifying someone, it means that God, the all Holy and righteous One, so transforms a person, that the individual shares […]
Continue ReadingLaetare Sunday: The 4th Sunday in Lent
https://youtu.be/Py-yVyCXsRk In 1999, the best-selling author and acknowledged master of the modern horror novel, Stephen King, was hit by a car while walking near his home. The accident left him with severe injuries. In an interview for a national magazine, King wrote that having a close brush with death taught him to contemplate the real […]
Continue ReadingThe 3rd Sunday in Lent
https://youtu.be/_LwHE0qu-sE “What are the outcomes of living like Jesus?” asks Father Jerry in today’s homily, “He was happy and content within Himself. He knew that He was following the path that His Father, God had mapped out for Him, and the people around him thrived. They got better. Their hearts got bigger. They loved more […]
Continue ReadingThe 2nd Sunday of Lent
The crosses that we will find along our way in this life will, in the long run, strengthen us so that we can survive life’s rainstorms and floods. An uncomfortable and frightening prospect, yes, but as Saint Paul reminds us in today’s reading, “If God is for us, who can be against us?” Jesus teaches […]
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